Results 1-13 of 13 for drugs speaker:Martin Heydon

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (1 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...the costs for HRT medications within the public system mentioned by the Senator, the onus is on a company to apply to the HSE to have a medicine added to the reimbursement list under the community drug schemes. Many HRT products are currently reimbursable by the HSE on both the general medical services, GMS, scheme and the drug payment scheme, DPS. Medical card holders can access these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (1 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...is not the plan to have this free, but that is under the impression the DPS covers everybody of all income types and none. The DPS is universal. We need two things: for the companies to apply for the drug to be covered under the DPS, which we do not control, and for it to be dispensed in a form that would allow that to happen. I am not sure if there are clinical or medical reasons for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Heydon: ...estimated to impact just over 2 million households, will be paid in April. Furthermore, a temporary 20% reduction in public transport fares will apply from April until the end of the year. The original Sláintecare report proposed a reduction in the drugs payment scheme from €144 to €100, and the Government has decided to reduce this further, to €80. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Data (18 Dec 2019)

Martin Heydon: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the monthly threshold on the drug payment scheme for a family to €62.50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Data (18 Dec 2019)

Martin Heydon: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the monthly threshold on the drug payment scheme for a family to €42; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53664/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 Jan 2019)

Martin Heydon: ...most difficult to recover from undoubtedly is gambling because one loses one's family support network more so than with the others. People can understand a person needing to take alcohol or a drug, if that is his or her addiction. They can understand how that happens. What they cannot understand is when somebody sober stands in front of them, promises he or she will never gamble again...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Martin Heydon: I raise the programme for Government commitment around drug pricing at paragraph 5.7.5. What steps are being taken to secure sustainable and affordable access to new and innovative medicines? Given that Ireland is at the heart of Europe, how can we best leverage that position, working with our colleagues in other member states to create greater purchasing power and access to many new and...

White Paper on Defence: Statements (30 Jun 2015)

Martin Heydon: ...the lifetime of the paper, including cybersecurity, improvised explosive devices that, unfortunately, are cropping up all too often throughout the country, fisheries protection, organised crime, international terrorism, drugs trafficking, people smuggling and piracy. These risks cannot be taken for granted by a State and they represent only a portion of the issues from which our Defence...

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Heydon: ...000 and €70,000. The cost of a transplant is in the region of €45,000 to €50,000. The annual costs thereafter would be €10,000 and these would relate to hospital visits, paying for immunosuppresant drugs, etc. I know people in Kildare who have undergone extremely successful transplant procedures. They have benefited hugely from these transplants,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Jan 2013)

Martin Heydon: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the commitment to provide free general practitioner care and other benefits to those who are on the high tech drugs scheme; the timeline for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2655/13]

Health Service Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jul 2012)

Martin Heydon: ...nurses who have to work when agency nurses have flexibility to pick and choose their hours. When I researched the statistics before speaking I was struck that 17% of our health budget is spent on drugs compared with 9% in the NHS. The figure jumped out and we need to investigate it. There must be an enormous cost in the HSE not taking back walking aids, crutches and orthopaedic chairs,...

Written Answers — Drug Pricing Agreement: Drug Pricing Agreement (3 Jul 2012)

Martin Heydon: Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiation of a revised drug pricing agreement between the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the Health Service Executive; if the terms of the old agreement remain in place while negotiations are ongoing; if his attention has been drawn to the lack of price reduction in Lipitor from when it came...

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (12 Jun 2012)

Martin Heydon: Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the drug Pradaxa in the drugs refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/12]