Results 1-20 of 89 for drugs speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste talks about frustration. I mentioned that there must always be balance and consideration. The approval of a new drug is supposed to take 180 days. The Tánaiste talked about people with rare diseases and cancer patients. We are at the bottom of the list in Europe for accessing these drugs. All through the term of this Government that has been the situation. Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: However, throughout the term of the Government we have been the laggard in Europe in processing and approving drugs that can save lives for public patients.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...a dhéanamh. Caithfidh athrú teacht air seo. Tá staidéar déanta fá dtaobh de agus tá muid ar chúl san Eoraip ina thaobh. The IPHA is holding its annual conference today and it has highlighted the length of time it is taking the health service to approve the availability of new drugs. This has the potential to make real life-changing differences to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We are talking about life-changing drugs that can save the lives of people with rare diseases and cancer. There is great frustration. Will the Tánaiste ensure multiannual funding is allocated to provide a clear and predictable budget for the HSE to manage a continuous supply of new medicines? Will he also ensure the issue of staff capacity is addressed? It was pointed out to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: People in my constituency and that of the Tánaiste are waiting over two years for drugs to be approved. If people have private healthcare, however, they can get them straight away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...crisis point, that is what you get. You get a waste of money. That is where the waste is. The waste is not in allowing patients to come in and be seen in an emergency department and treating them with the drugs they require. This is the type of waste we have now. Mr. Moloney has said the conversations are ongoing. I want to understand exactly where they stand because we have this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (25 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 181. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Donegal for each of the years from 2019 to 2024 on a per capita basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...Rialtas amach bliain i ndiaidh bliana agus anois tá aighneas tionsclaíoch fógartha ag An Garda Síochána agus níl an tAire le feiceáil ó thaobh seo a réiteach. I will take the opportunity to welcome the seizure of a substantial drugs cargo on Tuesday and commend the Defence Forces personnel, gardaí and customs officers involved. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug melatonin is available under the discretionary hardship scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health if the supplementary medications and treatment required for chronic Lyme disease will be covered by the general medical scheme and the drug treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1244/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...no clear response. The families who have suffered for decades deserve the truth. The hundreds of children who were born in this State with serious health issues as a result of the prescribing of this drug deserve the truth. When are we going to see the terms of reference, 18 months after they were promised? When will we know the timeline for this inquiry?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 889. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry and terms of reference for the drug sodium valproate, the disability package for those affected by sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug Zolgensma for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46167/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug zolgensma for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (16 Apr 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 396. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the drug sapropterin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17721/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Pearse Doherty: .... It also affects rural Ireland. The CSO statistics show that crime in nearly all categories has increased. Despite this, Garda youth diversion programmes are chronically under-funded as is the drugs task force. There are 1,000 fewer gardaí on the beat today than last year. What action is the Government taking to deal with this increased level of gangland crime? Is it not time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision in relation to the drug sapropterin following the report from the rare diseases technology review committee will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (16 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug refund scheme will be extended to include drugs prescribed outside the State for persons accessing IVF treatment abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...a right, not as consumers. This is what the Irish people deserve; nothing else will do. Tinkering around the edges will not deliver the health service that is their right. The Minister has proposed to reduce prescription charges for those over 70 by 50 cent and the drugs payment scheme threshold by €10. Prescription charges are a tax on ill health and any measure to lower them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (4 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) to the HSE for the approval and reimbursement of a drug to treat a medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/18]