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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of engagement that he has had with his Department officials on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Private Members Bill 2021 that is due for Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 487. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he supports the proposed amendment to the Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health Act 2007 to account for the unique context surrounding orphan medicinal products and advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38272/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the drug reimbursement process to account for the life-threatening nature of rare diseases; if he intends to make changes to the reimbursement process in Ireland that would enable expedited access for patients with severe unmet needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 495. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continued use of the QALY threshold is respect of the drug reimbursement process; if his attention has been drawn to the negative consequences the use of the QALY as a cost-effectiveness tool can have on serving the unmet needs of rare disease patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 488. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the reimbursement process given that it currently takes, on average, 870 days for a patient to gain access to an EMA-approved orphan medicine in Ireland; the work his Department is doing in partnership with the HSE to ensure that this delay improves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38270/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is currently in breach of the European Union 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is being carried out to enhance transparency and improve communication with patient groups and industry during the drug reimbursement process; if he will be open to providing a mechanism for patient groups and industry to establish communication with the HSE central processing unit throughout the reimbursement process; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 493. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined international best practice such as in Scotland and Germany on the matter of interim and early access reimbursement models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with his Department officials 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 is open to such innovative solutions to ensure greater access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 496. 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. [38278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health-related Private Members Bills that his Department has supported since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any compensation scheme, replanting scheme or emergency support is in place for cases in which a larch plantation has become diseased; if so, the details of such assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38578/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This week, early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme providers were again protesting outside Leinster House. They have committed to protesting again in the future if needs be. They have consistently highlighted the plight of smaller providers with regard to the funding received by all childcare providers. They do not dispute the overall Government package provided for this sector...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking the graveyard shift. I appreciate him being here. Week after week we come into the House to raise matters. On tonight's schedule of Topical Issues, as on many occasions, we are talking about services, be it issues related to Irish Water, as Deputy Michael Moynihan has just alluded to, or in my case, the last three of my Topical Issues have in one...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. It was probably unfair of me to throw in the CDNT issue on top, but I thought to myself that I did not ask, I would not get so I said I would try. It is great that the HSE is aware of the issues relating to access for children. The Minister of State indicated this is a new school established by the NCSE and the Department of Education but that was the case a...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that his Department has put in place to encourage the installation of solar panels on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38191/22]

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine welfare and urban horse projects funded by his Department each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38192/22]

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uses for which exceptional needs payments may be applied given that some applications may not qualify under the heading they might have indicated; the number that have been received and approved in 2022 to date; if discretion or flexibility is provided regarding the 30 hour rule bearing in mind those who work 30-hours...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the food poverty working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/22]