Results 21-40 of 91 for drugs speaker:Dara Calleary

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Two weeks ago, I raised with the Tánaiste the issue of Spinraza, a life-changing drug on which 25 families are waiting for a response. He committed to get back to me but has not done so. More important, the 25 families still have no information as to when a decision will be taken. Even though proposals were submitted to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in July, with a much lower...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...and anger is palpable. Why must these children and their families wait when this initiative was held up by the Tánaiste's Government and by the Minister, Deputy Harris, as the answer to our drug pricing challenges? Why are these 25 children not getting treatment, not getting access to Spinraza like the children in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria? We need an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (20 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...several hundred people outside the front gate of Leinster House, so the matter should be on the Tánaiste's radar. I do not have to give him notice of questions I ask. He says he wants the best drugs available on the market. We want that too, and that is why we supported the initiative. Why, however, are we the only country in the initiative where this drug is not being made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...to persons with spinal muscular atrophy; the discussions that have taken place between him, his Department and an association (details supplied) regarding the possible availability of such drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37958/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 416. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement for a second line lung cancer drug (details supplied); his views on the delays in the drug reimbursement process and the stress this places on persons with serious illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...drink at home. People are leaving the controlled atmosphere of the local pub and drinking at home. There is no control and no concept of that. Alcohol is seen now as a daily product as opposed to a drug, as Deputy Chambers said. The legislation also needs to be practical. There are areas around labelling that need to be defined and dealt with. It would be ridiculous if all this...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...used, can give those waiting on surgical waiting lists a chance of treatment; the first proper investment in the mental health services that will deliver on the vision in A Vision for Change; a reduction in the drug payment scheme that will reduce medicine bills for working families and those with chronic conditions; reductions in prescription charges; a reduction in the pupil-teacher...

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI. This year in particular, the gardaí on the street needed endorsement and support from the Minister and the Government. Let us not forget they are having enormous success at the moment in terms of drugs, gangland crime and on-the-ground work. They do not feel that they are receiving support from the Government. The Minister had the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 540. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the national cancer control programme's opinion on the cancer treating drug nivolumab also known as Opdivo; his views on making this drug available on the reimbursement scheme; the number of persons being treated with this drug; the costs associated with treating each person on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to making the life enhancing drug Nivolumab-Opdivo available to cancer patients; the discussions his Department has had with the HSE regarding the benefits of this new drug for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8242/17]

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...concerning phased dispensing have been identified and the irregularities centre in particular in this case on the LloydsPharmacy group and on the weekly medication management system known as My Med, which is the modern day equivalent of the old pill box, segregating drugs into weekly packs for those on large doses of medication. The RTE investigations unit, using documentation supplied to...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...curriculum, ensuring our education system contributes to Ireland being at the forefront of the world economy. We are asking our nurses, radiographers and health professionals to take on new technologies and new drugs, but the manner in which they are being encouraged to take on new education has been absolutely removed under the differences in treatment for newly recruited staff. We need...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (2 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has had with representative groups in relation to a new agreement for supply of drugs to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13089/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (7 Jul 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...years; five years; seven years; and ten years; the way these programmes are monitored; the programmes and supports that are in place to support persons who wish to come off methadone, and live drug-free lives; if he will provide the figures for the past three years for the number of persons who have successfully come off methadone, through these programmes; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Budget (16 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding made available to each local and regional drugs task force for each of the years 2010 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: 603. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the current national drugs strategy concludes in 2016, his plans to develop a new strategy; if he has established a public consultation programme regarding the new strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23387/15]

Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...from Templemore College every success and, most important, health and safety in their role. I wish the Minister of State every success also in his new role as Minister of State with responsibility for drugs, which is long overdue. We welcome the Bill and many of its sections but we cannot support a right to strike for members of An Garda Síochána because they are an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (5 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Sandimmune is not available on the long-term illness scheme; if he will acknowledge that this drug is necessary for kidney transplant patients; his plans to have the drug added to the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42434/14]

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Oct 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...sector companies carrying out research in Ireland at a competitive disadvantage and may interfere with Ireland's ability to attract pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical investment. In all EU member states, before drugs for human use are put on the market, a pharmaceutical product must have a marketing authorisation. The manufacturer of a particular drug, including generics, must be the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1064. To ask the Minister for Health when a cancer drug Vismodegib will be added to the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34175/14]