Results 1-20 of 28 for drugs speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug, sativex, will be made available for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug, fenfluramine, will be funded and be made available in Ireland to a child (details supplied) for the treatment of a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., when I explain to the vet my pattern each year? Can I get a prescription that day or will I have to go to a vet on different occasions and get a piece of paper? I am not talking about pneumonia drugs or anything like that. I am talking about fluke and worm doses and Clik Pour On, to which our guests referred earlier. I am talking about the run-of-the-mill stuff I need during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In 2017, the IHRB announced the implementation of a race day cobalt threshold in plasma and urine. Did the IHRB get involved in that drug testing, for instance, by putting money towards it or putting research together for it along with other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...alleged wrongdoing in the industry. We all got emails during the week. In fairness, it was before Dr. Hillyer's time, in 2007 a whistleblower went as far as stating the cupboard where the alleged drugs were stored. In 2018 and 2019, when she was there, the whistleblower stated that the same thing happened again. Is it not surprising that if one was told what cupboard it was in, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The witnesses have basically stated that Ireland is a world leader in drug sampling. Some 12% of runners were tested in 2019, compared with 15.5% in Britain, 17.5% in France and 31.7% in Japan. Do our guests stand over that claim in the context of those figures for 2019 in other countries?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (23 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the work currently under way to ensure funding at source for persons prescribed a drug manufactured by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the work being done with Dutch officials to resolve issues surrounding the GMP certificate of the prescription drug manufactured by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the work currently being done with Dutch officials regarding prescription drugs manufactured by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Information (15 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the Marine if the attention of the professional personnel in his Department was drawn to a red flag warning which was widely reported in toxicology and regulatory circles and raised by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America earlier in summer 2020, detailing serious concerns regarding high methanol levels in some imported Mexican hand sanitiser products; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 411. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of the application submitted in July 2018 by a company (details supplied) for the Translarna drug for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 412. To ask the Minister for Health when the drugs committee will assess the new submission made by a company (details supplied) for the Translarna drug for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve funding for a nurse to administer the drug Ocrelizumab which has been pre-approved for 12 patients (details supplied) diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis attending the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 379. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to provide a nurse to administer the drug Ocrelizumab which has been pre-approved for twelve patients diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis attending the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 May 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of time after a person has ingested and or inhaled cannabis before the technology being used for roadside drug testing will return a negative result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 May 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of time after a person has ingested cocaine before the technology being used for roadside drug testing will return a negative result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 May 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of time after a person has ingested opiates before the technology being used for roadside drug testing will return a negative result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 May 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of time after a person has ingested benzodiazepines before the technology being used for roadside drug testing will return a negative result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Síochána need to move with the RSA and try to get something done on that. I question the way the GoSafe vans are located and parked on the hard shoulder. Is that safe? Is it legal? In regard to drug testing for drivers, I know the Garda was trying to find a way of conducting such tests, but has a foolproof system been found to conduct such tests? I note Dublin has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (25 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 425. To ask the Minister for Health if further information has been submitted to his Department by the suppliers of a drug (details supplied) in order to make a decision to support the reimbursement of the drug; if such information has been received, when he expects a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/16]