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Written Answers — Department of Health: Sláintecare (23 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the reductions in the threshold for the drugs payments scheme made since the adoption of Sláintecare; his plans to reduce the threshold further in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sláintecare (23 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the drugs payment scheme threshold for singe households since the adoption of Sláintecare; the further moves being considered in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the decisions taken by the senior leadership team of the HSE at its monthly sittings relating to drugs reimbursement in 2019 and to date in 2020; the recommendations issued by the drugs group of the HSE to the team on same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17339/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: I know the Tánaiste is aware of this issue because it was raised with him several times when he was Taoiseach. A number of different drugs were examined here: Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. When in opposition, the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, called for an independent inquiry into these three medical interventions. We now have a report from Britain. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: ...issues, on the other hand, nothing was identified which could not be fixed and there is every reason to believe that IGB could, within a short number of years, become a financially viable entity, drugs free and with an impeccable record on animal welfare." That suggests that at present it is not financially viable, it is not drugs free and it does not have an impeccable record in animal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: ...be understated, the reality is that this Government is not doing enough. The response, to say the least, has been lacklustre. The Garda has done some good work in recent times. We have seen drug seizures and arrests but the Garda is operating with one hand tied behind its back. It is confined by a lack of resources and personnel. The figures speak for themselves. We have fewer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: ...very serious crimes which are having a big impact on the affected communities. How can he stand over reducing the number of new recruits from 800 to 600? Can the Taoiseach give a commitment that the drug task forces, whose funding have been decimated year on year since 2009, will have their funding restored to 2009 levels? That is a clear challenge I put to the Taoiseach. I and the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: ...Garda station was not a policing priority and that he had more pressing demands on resources across the Dublin region. Gardaí on the ground are screaming out for resources to tackle gun crime, drug crime and gangland murders, yet we have the Minister, Deputy Ross, pushing pet projects and stroke politics. Any decision to reopen a Garda station must take into account the best use of...

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: ...encroachment of EU control. Sinn Féin fully supports international co-operation in the area of justice where this is necessary to fight crime and in particular the cross-border trafficking of drugs, and human beings, and in the interests of child protection. Sinn Féin also believes it is equally essential to safeguard the creation of further victims of human rights violations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Waterford assigned to the drug squad for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by rank, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/17]

Other Questions: Garda Strength (16 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: One of the consequences of not having enough officers in each division is that the Garda must make choices in allocating resources. The Tánaiste will be aware that the numbers in the drugs units dropped from 2010 right up to this year: in one division in Cork from 34 to 22; in another division in Cork from 32 to 21; in Waterford from 15 to five, which is a reduction of 66%; and in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers assigned to each Garda divisional drugs unit here for each of the years 2008 to 2015 and to date, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number that make up the drugs squad within An Garda Síochána in County Waterford in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Sep 2016)

David Cullinane: .... We have turned the corner in terms of doing our best on education and sanctions, although we could always do more in that regard. I welcome the provisions of the Bill related to people who are driving under the influence of drugs and other measures that will increase the number of offences and give An Garda Síochána greater power to do what it needs to do. While all of this...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: ...This must be accompanied by appropriate resourcing. Within a human rights based framework Sinn Féin supports international co-operation in the area of justice where this is necessary to fight crime and, in particular, cross-Border trafficking of drugs, weapons and human beings and in the interests of child protection. However, we believe it is equally essential to safeguard against...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year and by the classification of drugs as generic or branded in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the savings if any made by the Health Service Executive in respect of drugs or medicines by way of new arrangements, contracts, changes in policy, the use of generic drugs or by any other means from 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22071/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (12 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: ...for Health why, according to 2013 figures from the OECD, Ireland had the highest per capita spend on medicines in the European Union; the areas in which the €775 million in savings in the drugs bill have been made including a breakdown of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: ...large numbers of people who end up in the criminal justice system who would be far better off receiving assistance from the social work and health care systems. I am not talking about those who are involved in the big crimes. I am not talking about the drug lords or those at the heart of the criminality that is terrifying people on the streets of Dublin. I am talking about the lower...

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