Results 581-600 of 6,785 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: The Minister is the final arbiter and is where the buck stops, which is fair enough, but are all of the groups or people listed out by Ms Seymour in the room when the Department is deciding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: It is the HSE, then, which goes to the Minister with the recommendation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes, I know as I am just trying to understand how it might work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I notice in the UK that it has included a requirement - under what I believe is a separate piece of legislation - for the pharma industry to advise if shortages are imminent. Is that something we are looking at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Could Ms Seymour outline for me how that communication might work or happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: What is the timeline for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: My apologies to Ms Seymour for interrupting as I only have a couple of minutes left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: When Ms Seymour says "as to what stocks we have" does she mean within the HSE or by the manufacturers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: We find it difficult in this country to say that we have this many units gross, altogether.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Is there, or has there been, a concern, even with that European requirement, with regard to the interaction with the competitiveness of particular products? Pharma is a private industry and if it is reporting shortages I can only imagine that that might have an impact. Is there a concern in terms of the legislation as to how it interacts with the pharma industry's private operation as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Have there been failures of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Could Ms Seymour expand on that little bit, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: These companies, therefore, have not fulfilled the two months requirement, let us say.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Has any punitive action being taken?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: As a legislator, when there is no punitive or follow-up power, one questions then the efficacy of the legislation. Is it something that the Department is exploring that there would be some follow-up? Pharma is a very profitable industry and I can only imagine that even fines would not be particularly useful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Are there any examples within the EU that we can look to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms Seymour.
- Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: As I have many questions, I ask the Chair to stop me if I keep going for too long. I have a number of areas to cover, but I want to start with the issue we have just been discussing. It strikes me that when we talk about mental health in this sector, we use a kind of shorthand. We are trying to deliver services to people who are dealing with something that has happened in their home...
- Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I am not a medical professional, but as I understand it, Ms Marchelewska is saying that if someone who is already struggling experiences a difficulty finding a home or becomes sick, it can magnify those existing problems.