Results 161-180 of 233 for narcolepsy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (12 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Peter Burke: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding compensation for the young persons who received the H1N1 swine flu Pandemrix vaccine and subsequently developed narcolepsy in view of a recent case (details supplied); if there are non-legal routes being considered due to the stress this causes young persons and their families and the cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: ...for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 24 January 2023, if any price agreement has been reached between the HSE and a drug company (details supplied) for Sunosi in the treatment of narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnoea; if so, if he will provide an update and indicate a timeframe when the drug will be available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (27 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fighting a case (details supplied) over the past number of years; his plans to make each person who suffered narcolepsy having been administered the pandemrix influenza vaccine go to court against the State; his further plans and timeframe to address the outstanding cases in a manner in which such persons will not have to go through the courts,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...the Chief Medical Officer in his Department (details supplied), if he will now detail the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with pandemrix-related narcolepsy in Ireland. [13077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Healy-Rae: ...and so on help during exams, exam concessions, home tuition and so on additional funding for grinds and so on should be made available to make up for missed school hours for sufferers of the unique Narcolepsy disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...SA by one hundred and nine (109) individuals and in 70 of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (7 Dec 2017)

Simon Harris: ...the Health Service Executive (HSE), and the Department of Education and Skills, continue to work together to provide a wide range of services and supports for those who have received a diagnosis of narcolepsy following administration of the pandemic influenza vaccine. These include discretionary medical cards, reimbursement of expenses associated with diagnosis and treatment, home tuition...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Cathal Crowe: Thank you, Minister. I want to fit in another question. Some members of the volunteer support group, SOUND, for people who have developed narcolepsy and cataplexy, which they claim occurred as a result of being given the Pandemrix vaccine some years ago, are following these proceedings. The Minister's Department is quite familiar with the issue, and his predecessors, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the case of the child of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who suffers from unique narcolepsy disorder will be re-examined; the extent to which the submission presented by Sound has been studied; when existence of the condition first became known to his Department and/or the Health Service Executive; the total number of persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Court Orders (7 Nov 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Marc MacSharry: ...are suffering as a result of alleged mistreatment by way of the administration of the pandemrix vaccine without full information being made available to them at the time and who now suffer from narcolepsy and are waiting for the full discovery of information as ordered by the High Court in November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills are providing a range of services and supports to individuals diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination regardless of age, on an ex-gratia basis. These services and supports which are co-ordinated by the HSE National Advocacy Unit are intended to provide that individuals receive tailored assistance to address their specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills are providing a range of services and supports to individuals diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination regardless of age, on an ex-gratia basis. These services and supports which are co-ordinated by the HSE National Advocacy Unit are intended to provide that individuals receive tailored assistance to address their specific...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Feargal Quinn: Several parents of children with narcolepsy have indicated their concern to me as a consequence of the confusion that arose last week when the Health Service Executive indicated it would no longer be providing support to those children. I understand that statement was later withdrawn, but the doubts remain. These children developed narcolepsy, also known as the sleeping sickness, after...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: ...Agency for prevention of influenza caused by the H1N1 influenza virus. The indications for Pandemrix changed following an EU review of concerns about a link between vaccination with Pandemrix and narcolepsy in children and adolescents. This resulted in a recommendation that Pandemrix should only be used in people under 20 years of age unless the annual seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (17 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ....   The HSE’s Advocacy Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services.  It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder).  Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (8 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: This matter is the subject of litigation in which plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy (cataplexy) resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. As Deputies would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of litigation. However, I can provide background information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: This matter is the subject of litigation in which plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy (cataplexy) resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. As Deputies would be aware, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on individual cases or matters that are the subject of ongoing litigation. However, I can provide background...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (27 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: ...have also received notice from Senator John Whelan of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to outline the strategic response his Department intends to make to the sufferers of narcolepsy who have contracted this debilitating condition as a result of the pandemic swine flu vaccination administered by the State. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for...