Results 1-20 of 265 for drugs speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: .... With regard to affordability, I thank the Deputy for acknowledging the progress that has been made in respect of inpatient hospital charges, the expansion of free GP care, what we have done in the drugs payment scheme, what we are doing regarding diagnostic scans for patients, free contraception for women up to the age of 31 and-----

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: -----we have reduced the Drug Payment Scheme costs; and we have introduced publicly funded Assisted Human Reproduction. Budget 2024 continues the very high level of investment in our public health system by providing for a total allocation of €22.5 billion. This includes an €808 million increase in core current funding to address the demographic and service pressures that we...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...on this issue now. It has been the subject of discussion at our Cabinet subcommittee which deals with health policy. As the Deputy acknowledged, it is no longer an issue of the funding of new drugs. The Deputy will also appreciate the trade-offs and balances involved in this context. A patient and a family desperately want a new form of treatment to be made available, but at times the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There have not been any demands placed on the State Laboratory to perform the kind of assessment of medicines or drugs the Deputy has referred to. My understanding is that the Health Products Regulatory Authority, which is the main regulatory body in that area, would evaluate and regulate medicines and life science, rather than the State Laboratory. On the demand for toxicology services,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Crime Prevention (8 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue has primary responsibility for the prevention, detection, interception and seizure of controlled drugs intended to be smuggled or illegally imported into, or exported from, the State. I am advised by Revenue that its drugs interdiction strategy supports the Government’s strategic approach to the misuse of drugs under the National Drugs Strategy 2017–2025. This Government...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...services of a practitioner, - diagnostic procedures carried out on the advice of a practitioner, - maintenance or treatment necessarily incurred in connection with the services or procedures carried out by or on the advice of a practitioner, and - drugs or medicines supplied on the prescription of a practitioner. A practitioner is a person who is: - registered in the register established...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...closely with other relevant Departments and agencies in the State including An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice and the Health Products Regulatory Authority in acting against the illegal drugs trade. I am assured by Revenue that combating the importation of any prohibited or restricted goods into this jurisdiction is, and will continue to be, a Revenue priority.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (5 Jul 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...costs . Statistics in relation to detector dog teams are compiled on an annual basis. The table below sets out the seizures secured in 2021. - 2021 Tobacco Products €23.1m Drugs €52m Cash €322,000 I am advised by Revenue that operational requirements as regards the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (23 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...from the end of April to the end of the year. This will impact approximately 800,000 daily users of Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link services. - a reduction of the Drug Payment Scheme from €144 to €80 benefitting just over 70,000 families - the working family payment budget increase was brought forward from 1 June...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will appreciate, given the sensitivity of the matter and the really important healthcare decisions that are made when a new drug is made available, it is not a decision the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, himself or even, I believe, the Department of Health makes. There is an outside body that advises them on the purchases of new drugs that should be made, to whom they should be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (31 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...know that Revenue works closely with other agencies in the State including An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice and the Health Products Regulatory Authority in acting against the illegal drugs trade. I am assured by Revenue that combating the importation of any prohibited or restricted goods into this jurisdiction is, and will continue to be, a Revenue priority.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...them being aimed at those who are on low incomes. It is why we brought in the energy credit, the €125 lump sum payment and added to that with a further €100 payment, as well as changes to the drugs payment scheme and working family payment. It is also why we took other measures such as the reduction of the public service obligation levy, which will be implemented in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...services of a practitioner, - diagnostic procedures carried out on the advice of a practitioner, - maintenance or treatment necessarily incurred in connection with the services or procedures carried out by or on the advice of a practitioner, and - drugs or medicines supplied on the prescription of a practitioner. A practitioner is a person who is: - registered in the register established...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...August 2022. The excise reductions come in addition to the extensive cost of living supports already announced this year, including a €200 energy credit, public transport fare reductions, fuel allowance increases, an enhanced Drug Payment Scheme, and bringing forward the working family payment. The price of petrol and diesel is determined by a number of factors...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...- there will be a temporary reduction in public transport fares of 20% from the end of April to the end of the year. This will impact approximately 800,000 daily users of Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link services. - a reduction of the Drug Payment Scheme from €144 to €80. This will benefit just over 70,000...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (10 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...The excise reductions come in addition to the extensive cost of living supports already announced this year, including a €200 energy credit, public transport fare reductions, fuel allowance increases, an enhanced Drug Payment Scheme, and bringing forward the working family payment.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...The excise reductions come in addition to the extensive cost of living supports already announced this year, including a €200 energy credit, public transport fare reductions, fuel allowance increases, an enhanced Drug Payment Scheme, and bringing forward the working family payment.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: .... These reductions are in addition to the extensive cost-of-living supports already announced this year, specifically the €200 energy credit, public transport fare reductions, fuel allowance increases, an enhanced drug payment scheme and bringing forward the working family payment. I commend the Bill to the House.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (8 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the end of April to the end of the year. This will impact approximately 800,000 daily users of Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link services. - a reduction of the Drug Payment Scheme from €144 to to €80. This will benefit just over 70,000 families - the working family payment budget increase will be brought forward from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in public transport fares of 20% from the end of April to the end of the year. This will impact approximately 800,000 daily users of Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go Ahead, Luas, DART and Local Link services; —a reduction of the Drug Payment Scheme from €144 to €80. This will benefit just over 70,000 families —the working family...