Results 41-58 of 58 for narcolepsy speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (7 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: ...the Health Service Executive (HSE), and the Department of Education and Skills, continue to work together to provide a wide range of services and supports for those who have received a diagnosis of narcolepsy following administration of the pandemic influenza vaccine. These include discretionary medical cards, reimbursement of expenses associated with diagnosis and treatment, home tuition...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (10 Oct 2017)

Simon Harris: ...cards for those who have been diagnosed have been provided to allow unlimited access to GP care and any prescribed medication, physiotherapy and occupational therapy assessments. Diagnosis of narcolepsy involves a specialised sleep study system which is currently only available in the Mater Private. It is intended that diagnoses will be carried out in the planned Centre of Excellence for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (17 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ....   The HSE’s Advocacy Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services.  It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder).  Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Orders (7 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: This matter is the subject of litigation in which plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy (cataplexy) resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. As Deputies would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of litigation. However, I can provide background information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (8 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: This matter is the subject of litigation in which plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy (cataplexy) resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. As Deputies would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of litigation. However, I can provide background information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: This matter is the subject of litigation in which plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy (cataplexy) resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. As Deputies would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of ongoing litigation. However, I can provide background...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: ...;  The HSE’s Advocacy Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services.  It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder).  Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...and fourteen (114) individuals and in seventy (70) of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. However, these cases relate to a purported linkage between the Pandemrix vaccine and narcolepsy rather than Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is responsible for monitoring the safety and quality of all medicines including vaccines that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...SA have been initiated by seventy three individuals and in 61 of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legal Proceedings (15 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 May 2018)

Simon Harris: .... The Department of Health, the HSE, and the Department of Education and Skills continue to work together to provide a wide range of services and supports for those who have received a diagnosis of narcolepsy following administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  These supports include discretionary medical cards, reimbursement of expenses associated with diagnosis and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Apr 2019)

Simon Harris: ....     As the Deputy is aware, the issue referred to in her question is the subject of ongoing litigation where the plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  These cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (24 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (17 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...xa0; In October 2013, the Government approved (S180/46/01/0005B) the delegation to the State Claims Agency (SCA) of the management of claims in relation to individuals alleging the development of narcolepsy resulting from the administration of the pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the SCA when the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation of Claims...