Results 141-160 of 186 for drugs speaker:Gino Kenny

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...Spain. Noreen O'Neill is a mother of one from Kerry who has pleaded for the Government to provide access to medicinal cannabis for her son Michael who has been treated with ten anticonvulsant drugs without success. In January she began to administer CBD oil to her son and in the space of three days he became seizure-free. She said CBD oil has done what 13 months of treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (24 Apr 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...his Department will consider replicating the FDA black box warning regarding cautionary use by persons under 18 years of age on antidepressants such as Prozac in the USA on the packaging of similar drugs here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Apr 2018)

Gino Kenny: 91. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use a drug approval and reimbursement system for MS drugs similar to that in Germany (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16408/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: 378. To ask the Minister for Health when the result of the assessment of the PKU treatment drug Kuvan will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13807/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...the then Minister of State at the Department of Health, former Deputy Alex White, signed into regulation the use of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine for patients with multiple sclerosis, MS. The drug is not yet available on prescription or under the drug purchase scheme. Nobody who needs Sativex in Ireland can get it. If the Taoiseach has the time, and I will question him next week in...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: The withdrawal of Versatis patches from the drugs payment scheme and the medical card has been a debacle. Somebody should put his or her hand up and say that he or she has got it very wrong. Those who benefit from the patches, numbering tens of thousands, are being denied this medication that gives them relief. I know the HSE has said it is based on clinical grounds but most people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (8 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 76. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the HSE on the drug, Kuvan, for those that are living with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6094/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...the pieces. The witnesses say that the failure to provide adequate counselling and psychotherapeutic and occupational therapist services in support and primary care can lead to an over-reliance on drug therapy. There is an over-reliance on anti-depressants. The number of people who come into my office and say they are on anti-depressants is incredible. I am sure they are telling the...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (16 Jan 2018)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue. Those living with phenylketonuria, PKU, have been engaged in a protracted campaign to get access to the drug, Kuvan. Over the past eight years, access to Kuvan has been assessed and rejected by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, on two occasions, namely, in 2009 and 2017. That process is questionable...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...technology review group. I understand there is a chair but no members. The Minister understands and is cognisant of the serious situation in this country whereby citizens cannot get certain drugs because of a very flawed process. This is a life or death situation for citizens and the Minister is aware of this. Will he comment on when this will be set up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I probably should have put this question to the previous guests. This is probably out of Professor Lewis's remit but I would like to ask about the online availability of drugs individuals could use to end their own lives. Obviously, one can get almost anything online these days. When individuals wish to end their own lives outside the jurisdiction of the law in their own country and take...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the likely timescale of the conclusion of HSE negotiations with the manufacturer of the drug Kuvan; his views on the urgency of it being made available for persons with PKU here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48174/17]

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

Gino Kenny: I have found the discussion extremely insightful and very informative, so far. Access to orphan drugs is a very topical issue in Ireland at present and I wish to ask a couple of specific questions. Can the HSE overturn a decision made by the NCPE? If so, where has it happened and for which drug? Mr. Hennessy referred to the assessment of orphan drugs. In my view the process is largely...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Gino Kenny: I would like to raise the issue of the way in which drugs to treat rare illnesses such as phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy are assessed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. There seems to be a bias against people with rare illnesses in this country. Not only are they discriminated against by their condition, which they have not chosen, but they are also...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...impassioned mother whose six year old daughter Maria lives with PKU. I had not heard of PKU until I read the email. Ireland has the highest rate of PKU in the world. As Deputy Deering said, the drug Kuvan has been approved by over 20 countries in Europe. This drug has been proven to be medically beneficial for those living with the condition. Sadly, Kuvan has been rejected twice by...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...it is the Minister of State - that the price of somebody's life is not worth the price of medication for that. This goes further than providing Kuvan for people with PKU; it involves other orphan drugs like Translarna for people with muscular dystrophy, as was mentioned by Deputy Adams yesterday. Will the Minister of State override its decision and review the assessment done by the NCPE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (28 Sep 2017)

Gino Kenny: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which the drug, Vimizin, a treatment for those that suffer from the rare disease Morquio, has been refused funding by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40922/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Gino Kenny: I spoke about Charlotte Connolly's situation and I ask the Government to intervene. Charlotte is looking for a three-month trial of the drug in question. Other people with the same condition have taken it in the United States and have experienced huge health benefits. Charlotte was diagnosed three and a half years ago. If it was the Taoiseach's loved one in this scenario, he would do...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...illness three and a half years ago. Somebody who is diagnosed with Degos disease usually has a four-year limitation on his or her lifespan. Declan is extremely worried about his situation. The drug Charlotte is trying to access is called Soliris, made in Blanchardstown by Alexion, and it costs €400,000 per year, which is extraordinary. There was also a lot of publicity around...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Gino Kenny: The Government made a commitment on the high cost of medicines in the programme for Government to drive down the cost of drugs and medicines. The reason I raised this issue is because of a lady called Charlotte Connolly. I am not sure many people know her, but she is the only person in Ireland suffering from Degos disease. Her husband was here yesterday. He walked from Mullingar to...