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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible. The HSE robustly assesses applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (21 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Smith: 55. To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed to increase the level of funding for the North-East Drug Task Force, in view of the increased demand for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40708/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...mainly within the Acute Hospital system inflationary pressures in 2023 have impacted on a range of clinical and non-clinical inputs within non-pay expenditure, such as electricity and fuel, drugs costs, transport costs, food costs, cleaning costs, etc. These pressures highlight the need for ongoing structural reform of our Health system, which is a high priority for the Minister and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Cathal Crowe: ...that resourcing a fifth unit is no longer operationally feasible and would result in a significant reduction in service delivery in many areas such as domestic abuse investigation, and that divisional drug units would be depleted and this would lead to a reduction in numbers in the national bureaus. These were his words. Nothing has changed since November 2022 apart from the fact that...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

...their needs. This increase in demand for services must be considered in the context of wider societal issues such as the housing crisis, global movement, poverty, domestic and gender-based violence, drugs, criminality and exploitation. We appeared in front of this committee recently to discuss separated children seeking international protection. Over the past 12 months, there has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Frank Feighan: ...our guests have gone through this already but it is probably not getting the attention it deserves. I know that when I was in the Department people who were working on areas such as the national drugs task forces were moved to deal with Covid. While that was understandable, there is no such excuse for it from here on in. I saw a lot of things in the Department being put on the back...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to the HPRA for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Wellbeing area of learning at Junior Cycle. Wellbeing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Well-being area of learning at Junior Cycle. Well-being in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink and drug driving check points in Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Crime Prevention (20 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...was established in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (North Division) in June, 2023. The aim of Operation Satailt is focussed on the identification of those profiting from the proceeds of crime, in particular drug supply, money laundering and economic crimes. This operation has been supported by the Financial Crimes Unit at the Office of the DPP. To date, 18 persons, aged 18 to 53 years...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of counterfeit veterinary prescription drugs and animal growth hormones seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to his Department for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023)

Alan Dillon: 881. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are drugs available, or there are any plans to make available, drugs for the long-term illness Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a chronic, long-term, incurable disease, on the HSE reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...person; Bed and board; Basic aids and appliances necessary to assist a person with the activities of daily living; and Laundry service. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 971. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the announcement of additional annual funding of €3.5 million for drugs and inclusion health services, he will provide further details on how this additional funding is to be allocated if this money is to be used to remediate deficits in local and regional drug and alcohol task force projects' funding; if it will apply to all DATF...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 988. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme or medical card scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are plans to widen the prescription of saxenda and ozempic to medical card holders with a BMI of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Functions (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...charges payable under the GMS Scheme were reduced to €1 per item for those over 70 (with a maximum cap of €10) and to €1.50 per item for those under 70 (with a maximum cap of €15). The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Grealish: 1015. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug Vydura (rimegepant), available on the DPS scheme; if there is any other scheme available to help an individual with the cost of this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: In February, I published the Mazars Review which examined the governance arrangements around the HSE’s Drug Pricing and Reimbursement Process. I fully support the recommendations contained in the Mazars report around improving the process, increasing transparency, providing easier access, and supporting value for money. An implementation group has been established between my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their illness, free of charge. Statutory Instrument No. 277 of 1971, put a limitation on Section...