Results 21-40 of 347 for drugs speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (3 Feb 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...Gulf of Guinea continues to face a challenging environment in which piracy, armed robbery at sea, kidnapping of seafarers, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, smuggling and trafficking of drugs and arms, as well as transnational organised crime pose a major and increasing threat to maritime security, affecting freedom of navigation, thus endangering major trade routes,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2020)

Simon Coveney: The use of anti-malarial drugs is a medical matter to be decided by medical professionals. In the Defence Forces these are matters for highly qualified medical officers having regard to the specific circumstances of the mission and the individual member of the Defence Forces. There are three anti-malarial drugs, namely Lariam, Malarone and Doxycycline which are used by the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: .... We believe that providing services to post-conflict communities, in particular through building local economies to provide alternatives to membership of armed groups, alongside crop substitution programmes to reduce drug production, should form part of this holistic response. The Embassy has participated in monitoring visits to areas of concern, including a visit to Chocó in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...is for a child not to come home in those circumstances. The Government absolutely recognises that we have a major challenge, as so many other countries have, to respond in a substantive way to drug use. The number of deaths linked to cocaine use and poisoning has increased, as has the number linked to the use of heroin and other drugs, sometimes prescription drugs. Alcohol is also a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Government is already very serious about drugs, which is why we are trying to break this enormous challenge into its component parts, including providing more services for homeless people who are affected by addiction, putting in place injection centres for people to inject safely rather than potentially poisoning themselves with overdoses or with dirty needles. These are difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...in December 2015, and is bringing forward operational actions in the six priority areas that have been agreed as the focus of operations: Rural Crime; Immigration-related Crime; Excise Fraud; Drugs; Financial Crime; and Human Trafficking. These priorities are, of course, kept under review. There has been very considerable operational activity, with a variety of different operations...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I understand the approval of the drug is under active consideration by the HSE but I will ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to come back to the Deputy with a more detailed answer.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...have emerged in the regions affected by the conflict. Of particular concern is the decision in Sokhumi of 4 April 2019 that provides for the punishment by death, under certain circumstances, of the so-called export/import and/or transit of drugs and we reiterate our opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: The first thing we need to do with people on our roads is to ensure they are capable of driving and are not impacted by alcohol or drugs or anything else that can endanger others who use those roads. Surely any responsible public representative would advocate for that as the first priority. After that we need to try to ensure that we support people in terms of socialising and getting to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Coveney: On the individual locations that have been referred to, I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to revert to the Deputy. She has responsibility for the national drugs strategy but this is a combination of both the national drugs strategy and the response by An Garda Síochána. Both cocaine and heroin are significant problems. The numbers of users of both have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...and will be in New York next week and will visit other US cities as well. It is important to say that the role of the Naval Service is not solely one of fisheries protection or intercepting drugs and so on. While both operations are an important part of what it does, it has a broader remit, as seen in the Mediterranean Sea and will be seen next week when it will play an ambassadorial...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Coveney: Once a drug goes through the assessment process for drugs for rare conditions and approval is granted, it automatically follows that the finance is available in terms of making the drug available. I am not sure at what stage in the approval process the drug is actually at, but I can get the Department of Health to check with the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...cannot access a medicine that could make a major difference in the quality of her life. The Deputy knows how the process works and it is not politicians who make the decisions in recommending drugs or the prices at which they are supported by the State. We have had an assessment process that has been ongoing for some time and there have been consultations with the drugs company, as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...uses of existing medicines, representing an additional investment by the HSE over five years of approximately €175 million. It is not as if the HSE wants to deliberately prevent the use of these drugs. We are effectively in a negotiation between the HSE and the company involved to ensure we get a fair price so we can provide these drugs to families who have, understandably, grown...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: ..., as it was invited to do. People who have been following the case will understand what I am talking about when I say that. The submission will be considered at the next meeting of the HSE drugs group, following which a recommendation will be made to the HSE leadership team for a final decision. The HSE has assured us that it will give the new representations its immediate attention.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: ..., that the health and welfare of the men and women of the Defence Forces is the utmost priority for both the Government and the military authorities. I am advised there are three anti-malaria drugs. I remember looking at this issue when I was in the Department of Defence and speaking to many of the families with concerns regarding the use of Lariam in the past. The choice of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: Of course we want the best drugs to be available for rare conditions and other conditions. They are going through the assessment process. Cost must be a part of that discussion. The onus is on the company to come back with a proposal that I certainly hope the HSE will be able to consider favourably.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...letter. Make no mistake, the Government wants this issue to be resolved. We want our children and the families who love them to get the support of the State in respect of rare diseases and the drugs that are very expensive but that are absolutely justifiable in those cases. We also have to ensure the State gets value for money because if it does not, we will spend money that could...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: This is a priority, just like it was a priority to get other rare disease drugs approved to date in 2019. There are families awaiting and needing decisions on reimbursement and the absence of those decisions has been going on for too long. In the case of Spinraza, it has been going on for too many months. We also have to ensure that we have in place a system which makes decisions on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...sure extraordinary stress for families as well. I completely understand the stress and frustration that each family must be under and the anxiety caused as they wait for news about funding of this drug. The Government wants an agreement to be reached so that sufferers have access to the best medication. However, we cannot ignore recommendations from the HSE in ensuring that we spend...