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Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is only very rarely that one hears me comment - it is usually in the negative - on British army officers, especially those who served in the North. However, given the comments last month of a former commander-in-chief of the British Army, Mr. Richard Dannatt, who apologised to British soldiers for being in charge when Lariam was prescribed for those operating in sub-Saharan Africa, will...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Nobody has died from malaria on operations, but how many have died by suicide because of the effects of Lariam? A study has been conducted of suicides in the Defence Forces. I have a note taken from the medical records of one of the soldiers who operated overseas. It states the evidence presented in the report establishes a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the person's...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the anti-malaria drug, Lariam, was taken off the market here by its manufacturer in July 2016; that the acknowledged side effects of Lariam include anxiety, depression, paranoia and suicidal behaviour; that 50 serving or former members of the Defence Forces have lodged claims against the State...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reason I raise this issue, similar to the previous question, is I have tabled questions about use of the anti-malaria drug, Lariam, since 2008. Seven Ministers of Defence have taken the same position as the Minister of State, including a number of Fianna Fáil Ministers. It is high time that he instructed the Defence Forces to cease administering the drug to those who are deployed...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: While I understand the Minister of State cannot comment on individual cases or even the 50 cases that have been taken, does he seriously believe Roche when it states it is withdrawing on commercial grounds? There is no way the company would admit it was withdrawing on medical grounds because that would open it up to a huge number of claims not only in Ireland but also throughout the world....

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Previous parliamentary questions I have tabled have exposed the fact that there is not comprehensive screening of men and women deployed abroad. I ask the Minister of State to review these replies. Mr. Tony Killeen was Minister for Defence at the time. The Minister of State does not have to believe Roche, but he should believe his own soldiers. Four years ago I sought documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance and the topics discussed at the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London on 8 September 2016. [27133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and when a decision can be expected on this case. [26928/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant the HSE urgent funding in order to supply a care package to a person (details supplied) as recommended by the team currently looking after them at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [26840/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 975. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officers or soldiers treated for the side effects of Lariam and the cost of same in the past ten years. [27336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 977. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which it is determined whether Malarone or doxycycline, is issued to soldiers instead of the preferred drug Larium (mefloquine). [27338/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 980. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if alternative anti-malaria drugs, such as Malarone or doxycycline, were prescribed as a matter of course instead of Lariam (mefloquine) to soldiers of all ranks or just some ranks who were scheduled to be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa; and the medical criteria which was used to decide not to prescribe Lariam in individual cases or in case...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 981. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cost was routinely or ever a factor when choices were being made by the Defence Forces medical staff when deciding which anti-malaria drug was to be prescribed for soldiers to be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa since 2005. [27342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 982. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an explanation was ever given as to the reason the determination was reached that Lariam was to be the drug of choice for soldiers being deployed abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa; if the determination has been reviewed since; and the reason thereof, especially in view of other countries military authorities no longer prescribing Lariam due to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 983. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries which the military authorise and still regard Lariam as the prescribing drug of choice to be issued to units of deploying soldiers. [27344/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 984. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have died of malaria annually for the past ten years and the age profile of same [27345/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 985. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Lariam is prescribed to soldiers deploying to Afghanistan; if the strain of malaria there, the frequency of administering the tablets or the sensitivity of skin to the sun were factors when deciding which anti-malaria drug to issue to deploying soldiers heading to Afghanistan. [27346/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 976. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Malarone and doxycycline tablets issued to both officers or soldiers by the Defence Forces since 2012. [27337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 978. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of tablets of Lariam (Mefloquine) issued to both officers or soldiers by the Defence Forces since 2012. [27339/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (27 Sep 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 979. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, had complained on behalf of its members to military authorities regarding serious side effects of the anti-malaria mefloquine drug Lariam; if his Department was aware of the issues they raised as far back as 2005; and if RACO raised concerns with the military authorities or...