Results 181-200 of 396 for drugs speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...only available to patients via private health insurance is a damning indictment of where we stand after all the advances we made in earlier decades in respect of clinical trials for cancer, developing new drugs and providing new therapies.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government reads: "We support the expansion of Local Drug Taskforce projects". Funding was cut in the years up to 2014 and has remained at the same level since. As the Taoiseach knows, the task forces are funded by the Department of Health and the HSE, the budgets of which have increased significantly in that period. However, the same has not applied to the core funding...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...with muscle-wasting conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy that the HSE leadership management team will meet on 14 February and, it is hoped, come to a final decision regarding the orphan drug Spinraza. It is a very difficult situation for the parents concerned. As the Taoiseach is aware, approximately 20 European countries have approved the drug. In 2016, the US Food and Drug...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (24 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to the increased number of shootings and inter-gang drug shootings and murders; his further views on whether a review is necessary of resources in order to prevent these gang related shootings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (24 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the increase in drug related crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: ..., which is more than normal. Deputy Brassil has been diligent in bringing this information to me. Anecdotally, we have heard of the difficulty that all pharmacists are having with such a short supply of drugs. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether the Government is stockpiling key medicines, particularly those with a narrow therapeutic index which are not interchangeable in the event of a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, promised to establish a compassionate access scheme for the medicinal use of cannabis in certain circumstances and for patients with specific conditions, namely, drug-resistant epilepsy, spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients and nausea and sickness in cancer patients who are being treated with chemotherapy. However, progress in establishing this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...specialists and GPs. This cannot go on. The number of people seeking access is growing, and, as the Taoiseach will be aware, the HPRA study identified medicinal cannabis as helpful for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, persons who get sick from chemotherapy, and those suffering from cancer, spasticity or multiple sclerosis. Nearly two years later, there is no sign of the access...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Initiatives (16 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is seven years since Fine Gael decided to abolish what had been a successful approach to development in disadvantaged communities in general, but especially in communities hit by drug abuse. The new approach of devolving everything to local authorities has narrowed the work and there are serious signs of a lack of momentum and new pressures in many communities. I would appreciate it if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (16 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent reports of a drug resistant superbug being a factor in seven deaths in University Hospital Limerick; his views on the matter; the steps being taken to deal with the resistant infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has refused access to the drug Translarna when only five young children have the rare condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy which this drug is prescribed for and which will benefit these children greatly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (18 Sep 2018)

Micheál Martin: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a treatment (details supplied) has not been reimbursed here despite it being the first drug approved in all other member countries of the BeNeLuxA initiative to which Ireland is a member; when he expects reimbursement to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37586/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...community groups in the area, as I have, and I again visited there recently, we see there is a need to develop a new national commitment to partnership-based community development. The original drug task forces had a huge impact on many areas. That was not primarily a question of money, although it did involve additional funding. It was a question of whether there was a way to get all...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last Friday, with Deputy Billy Kelleher, I met a group of Alpha-1 patients who were on the drug Respreeza and who told us their stories and individual case histories. From 2006 onwards they had been part of a clinical trial involving the drug, which slows down the progression of emphysema in patients with severe Alpha-1 deficiency. From 2010 onwards they had been part of a compassionate...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...of all, she was referring to the decision of the HSE, endorsed by the Minister, to arbitrarily cut the use by thousands of people of Versatis patches by severely restricting reimbursement under the drugs payment and medical card schemes. It was estimated that up to 25,000 people were on Versatis patches and the Government has, by reducing the number of patches available by 90%, also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (13 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the drug strategy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the regional drug task forces; the involvement of the HSE on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7239/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...from people. The then Minister, Phil Hogan, in particular, had a bee in his bonnet about this, which is why the Leader project in rural Ireland was undermined. The same thing happened with local drug taskforces and area development committees. A lot of damage was done and we are beginning to see some of the outcomes of this. We need to go back to the tried and trusted models that did...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: There are a number of commitments in the programme for Government on tackling the drug scourge in our society. One involves the introduction of injection centres in Dublin, and the other relates to the publication of a drugs strategy. Everyone in this House would unite around the common cause to tackle this issue because it has destroyed many families and communities, particularly those who...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...of the lack of honesty around the budget. The Taoiseach mentioned €200 million. A total of €48 million of that is for pensions - demand-led schemes. There is also increased funding for drugs. The Taoiseach knows all of that so there is no point in trying to pretend. One of the more important admissions today is that the Taoiseach is now admitting that at the very least we...