Results 1,641-1,660 of 2,022 for speaker:John Brassil

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a defibrillator to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13192/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of the drug Tagrisso; if it has been discussed by the HSE drugs leadership group; when he expects it to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13194/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes to reimburse oncology medicines from initial application by the pharmaceutical company; the way in which this compares on a European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13196/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the reason high-tech medicines for small patient populations are increasingly not recommended for reimbursement here despite their availability across the majority of European member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13198/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 700. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the systems, structures and resources in place to support the decision making process for the reimbursement of medicines; if this review will consider whether Ireland applies a disproportionately high threshold for clinical evidence supporting medicines for small patient populations; the reason medicines are frequently unable to secure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to provide funding for practice nurse education; the reason no funding is available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13205/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 1181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare centre (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to apply for strand A capital funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13217/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 1262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to recruit and divert more appeals officers to the social welfare appeals office to deal with the backlog of appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13220/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals that were lodged in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by type of appeal per scheme; the percentage of appeals that were allowed for each scheme for each of the years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13221/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 1326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if correspondence from a person (details supplied) will be examined with a view to allowing for payment of disability allowance to be continued for the term of the traineeship; if the rules and regulations of the disability allowance will be adjusted to include training programmes and opportunities that may arise abroad;...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: The programme for Government makes a commitment to look after and defend the rights of retired citizens. ESB employees are protesting outside the gates of Leinster House. They are representing 9,000 retired ESB workers who have not had a pension increase since 2010. There is no cost of living increase and no linking with current employees' salaries. As the ESB is a semi-State company,...

Beef Sector: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the issue and I welcome the those with a farming interest who are in the Gallery. Irrespective of whether we have a hard Brexit, soft Brexit or indeed no Brexit, the beef industry is in crisis and action needs to be taken. Along with my colleagues in Kerry, I have attended various meetings of the Beef Plan Movement. We have attended lobbying events...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: I very much welcome the opportunity to raise as a Topical Issue the provision of cardiology services in University Hospital Kerry as it is something which is absolutely critical to the functioning of the hospital. The Minister of State will be aware that University Hospital Kerry is a level 3 24-7 hospital with an emergency unit. As of early last year, it has been operating without the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I am knocked for six by the line that the advertisement of these posts can commence immediately. That is beyond belief. On 28 June last year, in response to a parliamentary question on the very same issue, I was told the replacement process commenced as soon as the official resignation was received from the previous cardiologist. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: It is not directed at the Minister of State. It is the content of the response that has me extremely frustrated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14539/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Mar 2019)

John Brassil: 112. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the review to determine the next steps for reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

John Brassil: I have been raising the issue of biosimilar drugs, and the potential savings associated with them, since I was elected to this House in 2016. Last week, I tabled a parliamentary question to look for figures for the past three years. According to an article by Evelyn Ring in this morning'sIrish Examiner, over €1.2 billion has been spent on biological drugs in the last three years. In...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

John Brassil: I can give the Tánaiste a 100% guarantee that it is true.