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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: My contributions are not by way of being critical, they are by way of asking how we improve the system. I fully appreciate the work that the witnesses do and that their goal is the same as mine. The witnesses do not need to be defensive as far as I am concerned. I respect what they are doing. I am just trying to improve what we do with the resources we have to make as many new and orphan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I accept that, but what I originally said was that the witnesses do not have to go by those criteria. They can decide that it is not relevant in this case; it is not possible because due to the low patient cohort, they cannot get the clinical data; they can make a call on this on a separate basis and I think they have to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I am throwing into the mix then the biosimilar and I think we are close enough in our thoughts in it. When a drug comes off patent, competition applies. Companies will do their level best to hold on to as much as they can and get as much as they can for it but there is nothing that we should be doing that in any way prevents us from getting the best possible value, and I make no apologies...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (8 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the person's impending discharge from Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47174/17]

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: Under promised legislation, I want to ask the Taoiseach about the finalisation of the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017, which deals with the whole area of physiotherapy and physical therapy registration.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: That is what it is called this week.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Emergency Services Personnel (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the hard work and immense effort put in by all the emergency services and crews that worked upwards of 100 hours per week to ensure that roads and electricity were restored during the weeks after the storms from 16 October to 27 October 2017; his plans to allow them to remain on the lower rate tax bracket for all overtime...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to voluntary secondary schools to address the anomaly whereby the moneys received by these schools are comparable to ETB schools, but the spend on issues such as lighting, insurance and so on which are funded in ETB schools are not covered in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) which is a six-teacher school and currently has no staff room or physical education or assembly hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46572/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the highly unsuitable prefab accommodation for special educational needs provision in a school (details supplied) and ensure funding is allocated to build suitable facilities to accommodate this type of provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46574/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Local Development Projects (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to utilise the site and property of the old Dingle hospital to develop an innovation hub for Dingle and west County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made on the provision of an additional 20 beds for Kenmare hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for the site and building of the old Dingle hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the savings per treatment area which have been derived from an agreement (details supplied) to date and in respect of the 30% automatic reduction pertaining to biological medicines when a biosimilar medicine comes to market to date, in tabular form; the unit in his Department responsible for tracking this information; if these data will be published; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 745. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to remove biosimilars from the non-interchangeable list of medicines in circumstances where the presence of biosimilars on this list unfairly undermines confidence in biosimilar medicines, notwithstanding the fact that they adhere to the same safety, quality and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 774. To ask the Minister for Health if hip replacement surgery can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cycling Facilities Provision (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 October 2017, if he will address the specific query regarding the progress of development by Coillte of mountain bike trails in the Clydagh Valley and south County Kerry area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 1004. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, once the Fáilte Ireland talking statues scheme is rolled out nationwide Tralee, Listowel and Killarney will be considered for the scheme in view of the fact they each have attractions and statues of historical significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45775/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Agencies Funding (7 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 1137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for Pobal will be increased in line with the increase in minimum wage, in view of the fact that Pobal-funded projects are facing a deficit due to the rise in employees' salaries without the corresponding rise in Pobal funding available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45671/17]

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

John Brassil: I greatly welcome this debate and the opportunity to contribute to it. There are a few key points that I would like to raise, one of which was already mentioned by my colleague, Deputy Casey. In looking at rural settlement guidelines, we must have a radical rethink in terms of how we approach building houses in rural Ireland. The only relevant criteria in this regard is that a new house...