Results 1-20 of 500 for drugs speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (21 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...on the board; if the representatives of various Government departments and agencies on the board will be senior officials; the annual budget for this body; how the new body will align with the local drugs and alcohol task force and the joint policing committee; if the Brighter Ballymun Report will set the agenda for this group; if local members of the Houses of the Oireachtas will have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for People with Epidermolysis Bullosa: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I take it all those are either available on the medical card or drug payment scheme.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...approximately €1 billion per annum to health spending. When wages and inflation are included, the annual standstill costs average at €1.6 billion. That is before one looks at new services, innovation or drugs or any of the reform programme that is currently under way. There can be no denying that the Government is knowingly underfunding the health service this year and...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...is a significant barrier to accessing care and feeds people's belief that they have to have private health insurance. There were important initiatives. The removal of the €80 a night charge, the reduction in the drugs payment scheme threshold and the expansion of access to free GP care were all very important initiatives and they gave the impression that we were on the road to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 971. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the announcement of additional annual funding of €3.5 million for drugs and inclusion health services, he will provide further details on how this additional funding is to be allocated if this money is to be used to remediate deficits in local and regional drug and alcohol task force projects' funding; if it will apply to all DATF...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided directly by the State; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided by each private for-profit provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/23]

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...issue. The State has allowed a highly addictive substance to be sold to children and teens for several years now, and the legacy of this failing is as yet unknown. Most vapes contain nicotine, a proven drug compound, along with a cocktail of other chemicals heated to high temperatures. Yet they are widely available because of the absence of a robust regulatory environment. No other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied) which examined the governance arrangements around the HSEs drug pricing and reimbursement process; if the implementation group has been established; the timeline this group is working towards to progress the implementation of the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1333. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards to develop a new rare disease strategy; if this strategy will address the significant delays in the drug reimbursement approval process, which can lead to a huge financial cost for people with rare conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12994/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for the establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs and the timeline for the provision of its terms of reference to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [8160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date and by month, in tabular form. [6767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban via the drugs payment scheme, following reports that the process is very unclear and acts as a barrier to obtaining the drug in a timely manner; the steps he is taking to address these access issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...Minister for Health if he will amend the reimbursement scheme for cariban in order that it can be prescribed by a GP; the reason only consultant obstetricians can prescribe this treatment under the drugs payment scheme, given that the majority of women do not see a consultant until they are at least 12 weeks pregnant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6766/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for this treatment on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/23]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...to a GP, who is the first point of contact when there is an issue, must pay €60. That just would not be tolerated in any other European country. It is another out-of-pocket expense. Then there is the amount people pay for drugs, as well as all the other therapeutic services people need, including speech and language therapy and physiotherapy. Such therapeutic services should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59720/22]