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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is devastating. I know Mr. Flanagan is doing his best. I spoke to one dad whose son has this and misses out by a number of months. That boy watched his cousin die during Covid from cystic fibrosis complications. It is a life and death matter. I do not wish to overstate that. The date, 1 January, is the cut-off date for kids qualifying for age categories in the GAA. That is the age...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that. The Pembro drug is being championed by Vicky Phelan. Can the witnesses offer any commentary on the prevalence or uptake of that in Ireland? Is there any headway they can flag?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, EMA clearance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Flanagan for his responses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently approve temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way each third level college in Ireland manages and disperses hardship funds, officially known as the Student Assistance Fund and to provide details under the following headings, application deadline, point of contact, requirements and criteria to apply for a grant. [38204/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a decision on a visa application for entry to Ireland made by a person (details supplied). [38205/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: This is a very good amendment. It speaks to consumers in that they will know what type of car they are buying. The Minister mentioned at a previous meeting he was considering setting up a type of national database for electric vehicles in order that people buying second-hand vehicles would know their battery history or powers. I take it he envisages that the amendment will also contemplate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a financial support scheme for farmers who live adjacent to rivers, streams, lakes and turloughs that are prone to flooding to develop flood protection measures on their landholdings. [38528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase TAMS funding to reflect the rising cost of construction and construction related materials. [38527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the lower income threshold for entitlement to her Department’s back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. [38574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is currently in breach of the EU Transparency Directive (89/105/EEC); if his Department intends to reduce the ongoing delays for patients to gain access to European Medicines Agency-approved medicine in Ireland. [39080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with his Department and HSE officials regarding the use of innovative payment models between industry and the State in respect of the drug reimbursement process for rare disease therapies; if he will examine such innovative solutions to ensure greater access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 732. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the health data infrastructure of the State; the way these plans can support innovative payment models in respect of the reimbursement of orphan medicinal products and advanced therapy medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 733. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the treatment abroad scheme, the person or body within the HSE decides if a product is experimental; the criteria this decision maker uses to decide such and the definitions applied to experimental treatment; if the relevant decision makers have the expertise to review drugs for complex conditions; if the existing reimbursement list is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome all our witnesses. I have been educated over recent weeks. On Saturday I spoke to one of the injured women. She wishes to remain anonymous. She is here and her story is one of pain and horror and not being believed or trusted by our so-called best physicians. I want to mention two people in the Public Gallery: Melanie Power, a solicitor in Limerick, who has led the spotlighting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Is there a lack of skills in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I believe it is necessary to do five surgeries a year to stay current and up-to-date. I presume that is not happening in Ireland. People are arriving, scalpel in hand, at a surgical table not fully skilled to perform surgery. Is that the nub of much of the problem here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: If Ms McLaughlin forgives me, the Chair is going to cut me off in 30 seconds and I have to put an important question to Ms Martin. It really disturbed me to hear some eminent physicians say this is a problem of the mind. One patient has told me there was a suggestion they had augmented pain syndrome, that is, that the women were imagining it. I am a man so I cannot begin to imagine the...