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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1359. To ask the Minister for Health in light of a care facility (details supplied) declaring that diabetes care for type 1 diabetes in Letterkenny University Hospital is in crisis, if he plans to address the situation; if he will meet with stakeholders to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12252/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1398. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of delays in processing blood tests at LUH; the impact this will have on services; if steps are being taken to address the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12450/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1512. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 30 January 2024 (details supplied), when a full HSE response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13072/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1513. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 November 2023, when a full HSE response will issue to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. It was mentioned that Norway's largest investment fund is divested from 16 companies because of due diligence. It is about this kind of unacceptable risk. We are entitled to say - even though we might not be able to say we are doing this - the risk is too big for us as a country and that we do not want to invest in it because there is a risk. However, the Norwegian Government's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is not the point. The Attorney General pointed out that we should not be aiding what is happening and that to do so is a breach of our obligations. It is happening in plain sight. I know the witnesses are just officials, but it is very frustrating.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Last week, it was confirmed for the first time that agents of the British state were involved in the murder of Sean Brown and that up to 25 people can be linked by intelligence to that murder. I commend the family of Sean Brown, who have remained steadfast in their pursuit of justice and the truth for more than 27 years. Revelations of collusion between MI5 and loyalists this week resulted...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government meet the British? That is the question. Will the Tánaiste please answer the question for the family? Will the Government meet the British? I ask the Tánaiste, with respect, to please answer.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The family would like to know.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I do know the issue, but I would like the Government to say it will reach out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste talks about frustration. I mentioned that there must always be balance and consideration. The approval of a new drug is supposed to take 180 days. The Tánaiste talked about people with rare diseases and cancer patients. We are at the bottom of the list in Europe for accessing these drugs. All through the term of this Government that has been the situation. Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: However, throughout the term of the Government we have been the laggard in Europe in processing and approving drugs that can save lives for public patients.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is not acceptable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I said the Government had been forced to do a U-turn.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: So, we are not at the bottom of the table.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste is missing the point that we are one of the slowest. Perhaps he is not missing the point but is ignoring it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I begin today by extending my and Sinn Féin's deepest sympathies to the family of Saoírse Ruane. She inspired all of us in this House. She also inspired the toy show appeal. She inspired all of us right throughout the State in her battle with her illness. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. I am thinking of all her friends and colleagues and, especially, her family today. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We are talking about life-changing drugs that can save the lives of people with rare diseases and cancer. There is great frustration. Will the Tánaiste ensure multiannual funding is allocated to provide a clear and predictable budget for the HSE to manage a continuous supply of new medicines? Will he also ensure the issue of staff capacity is addressed? It was pointed out to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: People in my constituency and that of the Tánaiste are waiting over two years for drugs to be approved. If people have private healthcare, however, they can get them straight away.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in light of new evidence emerging regarding the 1973 killing of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a public inquiry clear to the British government; what steps the Irish Government is taking to aid the family in their quest for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/24]