Results 1-20 of 27 for drugs speaker:Holly Cairns

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...operational changes the State could make to significantly" down to and including “increasing resilience, health and well-being; and;” and substitute the following: "improve its response to drugs use and abuse, and the outcomes in relation to drugs use and abuse, to reduce the harmful impacts of drugs and the criminalisation of drugs on individuals, families, communities and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: Almost two people per day die in Ireland as a result of drug-related deaths. That is more than 1,700 people since the Taoiseach took office. Our rate of drug-related deaths is almost five times the figure of those who die in road traffic accidents and is twice the European average. This is a national disgrace. There is no urgency because of the continuing stigma that attaches to the...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: While I greatly welcome this motion establishing the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, it is truly shocking that it has taken this long. There are almost two drug-related deaths in Ireland every day, and this rate is almost five times the figure for those who die in road traffic accidents and twice the European average. Now that we have the assembly, it is essential that it is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: The programme for Government commits to establishing a citizens' assembly on drug use. It is an incredibly important issue that requires reform. We must take a holistic approach in tackling the issue of drugs in Ireland. Addiction requires a health-based approach, and the focus should be on harm reduction and prevention and, ultimately, saving lives. Best practice, such as the Portuguese...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (2 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1137. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €6 million announced in budget 2022 for the drugs strategy that will go to the local and regional drug and alcohol task forces drug projects. [53359/21]

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...get much face-to-face time with the Minister so I wanted to raise quickly the issue of baby Kate from Dunmanway. I want to ask the Minister and the HSE to do all they can to approve Zolgensma, a drug used to treat spinal muscular atrophy. This has been called a miracle drug that could save the lives of very small children like Kate who have a rare muscular condition. Kate Mynard is 17...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Oireachtas Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use's recommendation that "steps are taken to introduce a regulatory model for certain drugs". [17507/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...for free access to Cariban, an incredibly expensive medication that can cost up to €3,000 over the course of a pregnancy. Unfortunately, the Government response was to make it available under the drugs payment scheme but only with a prescription from a consultant. That is wholly inadequate and presents an unnecessary barrier for exhausted and extremely sick individuals, who may...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and track of all greyhound drug testing since 2015, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [9377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 868. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons on immunosuppressive drugs were not included in the revised group 5 of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (5 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 604. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making a medication for morning sickness related to pregnancy (details supplied) eligible under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23044/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (6 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 537. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports that are provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 2310. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 823. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making a medication (details supplied) for hyperemesis gravidarum to be reimbursed on the drugs payment scheme and medical card. [5171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and track of all greyhound drug testing from January 2020 to date in 2022, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [31728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medication for hyperemesis (details supplied) is made available through the drugs payment scheme with a prescription from a GP. [6184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...he is taking to ensure that medications (details supplied) which are essential for immunocompromised persons to participate in socio-cultural life and employment will be made available under the drugs payment scheme. [7433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (21 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and, of all greyhound drug testing from January 2020 to date in 2022, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [13458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate lower rate of qualification for single-person households applying to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the estimated cost of reducing the qualifying cost to €60 a month to avail of the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23119/23]