Results 61-80 of 2,216 for speaker:Marie Sherlock
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: So the NCPE can start immediately once it comes in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: On the QALY thresholds, I understand Ireland is at €45,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: We heard from Professor Postma that it is €80,000 in the Netherlands. When was the last time that threshold was set? I want to understand how out of date it is at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Ten years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Has updating that figure not been considered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: It is the Department that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Has the NCPE made an application to the Department to review the threshold?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: Yes. It is wonderful to hear early access is being looked into but I just want to understand more precisely what that means. Is the NCPE having active conversations with the Department of Health on this at the moment? Could he set out in detail what has been considered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Rare Diseases: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: What is the point of the €45,000 then? Does it have any relevance at all?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to stop novel nicotine products, such as nicotine pearls, from entering and being sold on the marketplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55963/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the powers she has to prevent novel nicotine products being sold on the market before they have been regulated as genuine tobacco cessation products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55964/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (14 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialists employed by the HSE, broken down by year from 2018 to 2024; the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialist positions advertised by the HSE in each of those years; the number of applications received for each of these positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54562/25]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: There is a new school principal.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: My question for the Minister for education relates to Presentation Primary School in George's Hill. Before I get to the problems about the school, I want to say that this is a great school in the heart of the north inner city in Dublin 7. It is a DEIS band 1 school. It probably has one of the most diverse populations of all schools in the country and has a significant amount of need, both...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for that reply on behalf of the Minister for education. I have to ask him directly. Is he comfortable with children walking on asbestos tiles every day of the week? The tiles were broken by works undertaken three years ago. We know that there is no safe level of asbestos. I have to ask him that direct question. The Minister of State said the project was...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: They cannot submit it because they cannot get a quote.
- World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I welcome the opportunity to speak on World Mental Health Day. Enormous work is being done across the country by many groups, both informal and formal. Progress has been made on breaking the stigma in our communities in recent years. However, it is important to say that stigma is alive and well in workplaces and in the medical profession when people present with a long history of mental...
- World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the Chamber. I note that we have mental health campaigners in the Gallery. They are all very welcome.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I thank all the organisations here today, and Ms Rice in particular. Her contribution today was really powerful. I thank her. I am familiar with the work of SAOL and EPIC, but it is great to have Kinship Care Ireland and FamiliBase here as well. I often think of the word "kinship"; we are all familiar with the phrase "next of kin" yet so few people out there actually understand what...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)
Marie Sherlock: I know I am out of time but I have a question which can be answered later as it is important to understand it. It is with regard to health and education. The lack of access has been well set out, as has lack of recognition by the health service of those in kinship arrangements, particularly in informal kinship arrangements. Has this changed much over the past 20 years? I am thinking in...