Results 1-20 of 119 for drugs speaker:Damien English

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: ...in receipt of disability-related payments and is also available to members of the Traveller and Roma communities, refugees, ex-offenders and inhabitants of offshore islands from the age of 18. All places on the drugs rehabilitation CE scheme are available to persons aged 18 years or over who are in recovery and referred for a rehabilitation place on a community employment scheme. While...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: ...of the committee by the OPW. The oversight committee includes representation from HIV Ireland, Fast-Track Cities, the Irish Haemophilia Society, members of the LGBTQI+ community and the Ana Liffey Drug Project, along with representatives from the Arts Council and the OPW. The site proposed for the monument is the People’s Gardens in the Phoenix Park, which will be its permanent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...and development. A few Members believe that should all be done by public money. That does not get the best results or lead to the best development of potential medical interventions, solutions, drugs and so on. We need the blend and combination of private and public money to achieve greater impact. That is not acknowledged by some contributors here, and I accept that. We differ and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Damien English: ...have been invested from the public purse by countries and governments all over the world on behalf of their taxpayers. That, in conjunction with many billions spent before that on developing those drugs, has enabled us to be in our current position with regard to vaccines and a number of treatments. It is about how we utilise that wisely to get it to those who need it in all developing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Damien English: ...the problem, but it is an issue. There are IP regimes in every country and it is a matter our Department has had a role in over many years. Due to that IP regime, we have seen billions invested in many drug treatments and solutions all over the world, in addition to Covid-19 treatments. A lot of taxpayers' money in many countries, amounting to billions, has been put forward in the past...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Damien English: ...and was not the emphasis of the Mulvey report. The Mulvey report is clear that the primary issues faced in the north-east inner city are social and economic in nature, including policing and crime prevention, tackling crime and drugs, and maximising educational and training opportunities. I emphasise that they should be training opportunities with job potential. There are many young...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drugs Payment Scheme (28 Jan 2016)

Damien English: ...am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, who regrets that he is unavailable to address the issue today. The Minister is aware that access to potentially beneficial drug treatments is an important issue for people with MS and that MS sufferers and their families face enormous day-to-day challenges in dealing with this progressive and debilitating condition....

Topical Issue Debate: Penalty Points System (10 Dec 2015)

Damien English: ...current road safety strategy and continued enforcement of existing road safety legislation by An Garda Síochána, together with forthcoming legislation which will focus on strengthening the law on drug-driving, among other issues, will allow Ireland to maintain progress in reducing fatalities and serious injuries on roads. As road users, we should never underestimate the power we...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (22 Oct 2015)

Damien English: ...This is the current priority in road traffic legislation and will be dealt with before consolidation can begin. The principal focus of the Bill is on measures to address driving under the influence of drugs. The new provisions will enable gardaí to conduct roadside tests for the presence of drugs, make the presence of certain specified drugs while driving an offence, and provide for...

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Damien English: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for raising this issue. She will be aware that the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, is out of the country and unable to respond personally. The Government's response to the problem of drug misuse in our society is set out in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-16. The Minister of...

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Damien English: ...required and there will be an attempt during the drafting of the legislation due in 2016 to involve all of the relevant agencies to ensure that we put the best possible legislation in place. The new national drugs strategy, on which the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, will lead, is important, and it will adapt to the changes in society over the last four or five...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Damien English: ...Executive, HSE, will progress in the short term will be the development of a single, integrated process for people to apply for a medical card, a GP-visit card, the long-term Illness scheme and the drugs payment scheme, as well as the establishment of access points nationwide in health offices to support and assist people to make applications. This will enable the HSE to make every effort...

Seanad: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2014)

Damien English: ...and Quality Authority, HIQA. HIQA is responsible for carrying out health technology assessments that generate information about the clinical and cost-effectiveness of health technologies, drugs, medical devices, diagnostic techniques, surgical procedures and public health programmes such as cancer screening programmes. We will write directly to the Minister for Health about the issues...

Seanad: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Dec 2014)

Damien English: ...certain circumstances, where there is a public interest. There was a worthwhile discussion on this in the Dáil. There is protection for the public interest and that is important. The counterfeit drugs issue was raised. We had a long discussion on this and the black market in the committee as well. There is a difficulty with usage through the Internet. We are looking at different...

Seanad: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Dec 2014)

Damien English: ...and Consumer Protection Act. The Bill will change patents legislation, giving additional legal protection for medical research carried out prior to obtaining regulatory approval for new or generic drugs for human and veterinary use. The Bill will also introduce a small number of changes in the area of trademarks to allow Ireland to ratify the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Nov 2014)

Damien English: ..."sell or supply or offer to sell or supply".In response to concerns expressed by stakeholders that the Bill does not provide legal certainty that the act of offering to sell or supply the drug for which marketing authorisation is being sought benefits also from the research exemption, the amendment is intended to provide the necessary clarity.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Nov 2014)

Damien English: ...42. The change that the Bill provides for is to ensure that acts such as clinical trials, tests, experiments etc. done for the purpose of obtaining a marketing authorisation not only for generic drugs but also for new and innovative drugs in any State will not be regarded as an infringement of a patent. The current exemption that applies under section 42(g) of the Act provides for a...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Oct 2014)

Damien English: ...want to put Members' minds at ease in that regard, but it is important that we would do it. Both Deputies Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett spoke about the importance of access to affordable medicines and drugs, but they are forgetting that it is not all rosy in that sector either. There are serious competition issues and serious concerns on the global market in the medical...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (23 Oct 2014)

Damien English: ...1996. The proposed changes will alter existing patents legislation to give additional legal protection for medical research carried out prior to obtaining regulatory approval for new or generic drugs for human and veterinary use. In the area of trademarks, this Bill will introduce a small number of changes necessary to the Trade Marks Act to allow Ireland to ratify the Singapore...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (13 Mar 2014)

Damien English: 221. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to methadone treatment, the number of inpatient residential detox places currently in the State; the location of same for assisting persons with drug addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/14]