Results 1-20 of 167 for drugs speaker:Alan Kelly

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...provide in tabular form the number of road traffic deaths that occurred in that division from 2020 to the end of 2023 and the number of cases which were prosecuted from 2020 to 2023 that related to drink-driving, drug-driving, mobile phone use and dangerous driving? I would like to correlate this across. The Commissioner will see where I am coming from. It is quite obvious. It seems to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Alan Kelly: 810. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of staff employed by each drug and alcohol task force; and the number at each staff level. [54950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (22 Nov 2023)

Alan Kelly: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drugs Administration since January 2023. [51336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (28 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with drug driving within the Tipperary Garda division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15482/23]

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...on his knowledge and personal experience. It is now on the floor of the Dáil in advance of a citizens' assembly. Really, however, we need to educate and get the message out that our current policies on drug abuse in Ireland simply are not fit for purpose. They do not work. They are not compassionate. Simply put, they are failing society and failing so many people. One thing I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...who are already registered on hospital medical databases are required to complete a manual re-registration process; the reason they the being denied the opportunity to privately avail of the drug as a direct result of actions by the HSE. [60463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: .... To ask the Minister for Health the reason doctors have been prohibited from prescribing Ajovy, fremanezumab, (details supplied) now that the HSE has taken over the control and distribution of the drug. [60464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a direct result of the delay in developing a managed programme patients with a debilitating, chronic illness are being forced to do without a drug which was approved in March 2021; the immediate steps he plans to take to ensure this vital drug will be available to patients; and the date from which it will be available. [60507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: 556. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Epidiolex will be available on the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55728/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: When will the citizens' assembly on drug use be established? There has been call for action on the tsunami of crack cocaine addiction in south-west Dublin. The issue has been all over the airwaves and it will become bigger and bigger in the years ahead. It is not isolated to Dublin. Ailbhe Conneely has covered the issue in depth for RTÉ, as the Taoiseach is probably aware, over the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2021)

Alan Kelly: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug searches that have taken place in County Tipperary since 1 September 2020; and the number of arrests and convictions for possession and supply of illegal drugs in County Tipperary since September 2020. [46285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 272. To ask the Minister for Health when the new list of insulin pumps will be sent to the community drug schemes. [28082/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Alan Kelly: There are a number of proposals in the programme for Government for citizens' assemblies on biodiversity, the future of education, the mayor of Dublin, drugs use, etc. Can the Taoiseach outline what his priority is in this regard? Second, the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality reported at the weekend and offered 45 very good recommendations. My party has been fighting for many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Alan Kelly: 1025. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine will be made available under the drugs payment scheme to allow teenagers that wish to get the vaccine while the school administration scheme is suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: 843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the evidence or data to support conclusions by a person (details supplied) that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumad does nothing for seven out of eight women with cervical cancer, in view of a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [12884/21]

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...in the past year that we can take on board in dealing with homelessness as we hopefully will come out of this pandemic in a year's time, and can we keep them? My second question relates to drug and alcohol services. We are all aware that there are limitations in providing services online and not being able to meet. Being able to socialise and meet is part of this whole issue and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: .... These cases will not end up at the tribunal and the majority, if not all, of them will end up in the High Court. Why are women who are affected by this scandal having to fight to get immunotherapy drugs? Vicky Phelan was promised by then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, that pembro would be paid for, rightly so. I worked with her to ensure that all other women who were...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: ..., so today is a good day. However, the critical discussion around kitchen tables at Christmas will be about vaccines. I wish to ask the Taoiseach some questions about this. In America, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, approval for the Pfizer-approved vaccine is due on 10 December. I presume European approval will happen in a similar timeframe. We have a number of other vaccines...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €10 per month as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1059. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the review of governance structures of the HSE drug reimbursement process that was conducted by a company (details supplied) and received by his Department in January 2020. [18952/20]