Results 1-20 of 144 for apply speaker:Catherine Byrne

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...evaluation of the market, focused on the claims costs that every insurer has paid over the year. Based on that analysis, the authority recommends the level of credits and stamp duties that should apply the next year, so that risk may be shared across the market and the principle of community rating is maintained. The rates for next year, recommended by the authority, have been considered...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...regulation have on people's daily lives. The Bill deals specifically with issues relating to health insurance regulation, including provisions for revised credits and the stamp duty level to apply to health insurance policies from April 2020. The voluntary health insurance scheme operates on the basis of community rating, which means that everyone pays the same price for the same...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ..., in consultation with his or her patient, to prescribe a cannabis-based treatment for a patient under his or her care. Pending full operation of the access programme, doctors may continue to apply through the ministerial licensing route for a licence to prescribe medical cannabis for an individual patient under their care. Sixty-six licences have now been granted in respect of 31...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...should be satisfied that all therapeutic options have been exhausted and be prepared to accept the responsibility for monitoring the patient's response to the cannabis product. A prescriber then applies to the Minister for a ministerial license and, following consideration, a ministerial licence may be granted. The consultant then completes an individual reimbursement form, setting out...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...continues to be updated with information on the scheme as it comes available. Until such time as cannabis comes available on the Irish market for use, access programme clinicians may continue to apply for a ministerial licence to prescribe medical cannabis for an individual patient under their care. 6 o’clock The Deputy asked when the product can come into Ireland, but I...

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...carers' forum and pre-budget forum organised by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The actions included in the national disability inclusion strategy generally relate and apply to people with disabilities and it also contains specific actions in the provision of personal assistance. Significant resources have been invested in this area in the past few years. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...for public servants. These employees have a private sector employment relationship with their employer. The HSE does not have a role in determining the salaries or other terms and conditions applying to these staff. It is a matter for Section 39 organisations to negotiate salaries with their staff as part of their employment relationship and within the overall funding available for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...Traveller Community. Any individuals employed by section 39 organisations are not HSE employees, therefore neither the HSE nor I have a role in determining the salaries or other terms and conditions applying to these staff.  It is a matter for Section 39 organisations to negotiate salaries with their staff as part of their employment relationship and within the overall funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (22 Oct 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...Action Plan (OPAP), is a cross-sectoral, whole of Government approach towards tackling the causes of obesity in Ireland.  There are many causes of obesity and none of them operate in isolation, and the same applies to measures to deal with the problem.  The OPAP recognises that interventions such as portion size control and reformulation of food and drink can have an impact on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services Funding (3 Oct 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...2004 makes provision for the HSE to provide assistance to bodies that provide services similar or aligned to services that the HSE may provide. Voluntary cancer support centres may be eligible to apply for such and can also apply for lottery funding through the HSE. The Department of Health will continue to work with the HSE's national cancer control programme and voluntary organisations...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...be used for the purposes of treating a patient, or to prevent patients from doing harm to themselves or others. While compliance with seclusion rules is still low, this is improving year-on-year. The same applies to individual care planning. The Government will support the HSE and the commission to work together to further improve compliance in these areas. The Government notes with...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...x20ac;450 for a single person and €665 to €900 for a couple would cost the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection approximately €73 million. The conditions attached to payment of carer’s allowance are consistent with the overall conditions that apply to social assistance payments generally. This system of social assistance support provides...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (21 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ....  Arrangements for the third Round of the Healthy Ireland Fund are being finalised by my Department and are due to be communicated to the relevant agencies shortly.  Waterford LCDC will be invited to apply for the third Round of the Fund.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (16 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...be notifying all Task Forces regarding the allocation of this additional funding including information on the guiding principles and the application process. The North East Task Force will be able to apply for additional funding under this initiative. I would point out that the introduction of measures to address Drug Related Activity in the Drogheda area primarily come within the remit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (16 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...and Young Persons Services Committees (CYPSC).  Strand 2 is targeted at national level programmes through statutory organisations.  In round 1 and 2 of the Fund, the LCDC and CYPSC applicants were eligible to apply for the development of local area plans for the implementation of Healthy Ireland, membership of the Healthy Cities and Counties Network and the implementation of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fibromyalgia Support Services (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...that anyone is required to pay for their medicine is being reduced from €134 to €124. As such, all those with fibromyalgia are urged to check their eligibility for a GP visit card and medical card and can apply for the drug payment scheme at their local health office or through mydps.ie. It is the Minister's sincere hope that as many people as possible with fibromyalgia...

Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...associated symptoms when they arise. This was outlined by Deputy Harty. To help sufferers of this condition with the cost of their treatments, I reiterate that any patients are eligible to apply for the drug payments scheme or a medical card. Under the drug payments scheme, no individual or family pays more than €124 a month towards the cost of appropriate prescription...

Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...side-effects available to patients as soon as possible. Also the concerns about misuse and diversion into the wider community, while understandable, are not unique to cannabinoids. They also apply to opiods which have been prescribed for pain for decades. It is a fact that cannabis has significantly less abuse potential than many opiates and significantly less risk of overdose. My...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: A health needs assessment must be done at least annually to inform the service plan. Specific guidelines have to developed on the criteria that will apply to the health needs assessment.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...10(2)(c) in relation to revisions to be made to the report which, when complied with by the Executive, should, in the opinion of the Minister, remedy the deficiencies in the report. (b) Where paragraph (a)(ii) applies, section 10(2)(c) and the other provisions of this section (including paragraph (a)) shall be construed with all necessary modifications to take account of the supplementary...