Results 1-20 of 79 for drugs speaker:Brendan Griffin

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...Given that the Minister was on the verge of something really huge, did she not think that it was not the time to go ahead? By the way, there was plenty to fill the programme. There was the Kerry drugs bust and the Console issue, among others. The makers of "Prime Time" were not stuck for material. The Minister had only appeared on the programme twice in almost four years. Why did the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: No, not about the mouldy bread, although I think that is how penicillin was discovered. There might be some upsides to it. Big pharma in Waterford might develop a new drug. I thank the Minister for being so proactive in this. I was just doing the mathematics. I am not a mathematician, but break downing the €2.1 million servicing 34 schools in County Kerry where 3,854 children...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I want to raise with the Tánaiste today the need for oral immunotherapy treatment for children with peanut allergies. It is an issue I have raised here previously. The potentially lifesaving drug for children in those circumstances, Palforzia, is currently not available. Could the Tánaiste's good offices help to progress the situation? While the drug is unapproved, the current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 248. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will approve the drug Palforzia from a company (details supplied), given that the European Medicines Agency has already approved the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (30 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she plans to measure the effectiveness of drug and alcohol awareness programmes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52813/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what drug awareness programmes are run in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (11 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made to counteract drug trafficking and dealing in our communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43901/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: .... There was an enormous reaction. I received many very difficult phone calls from the heartbroken parents, spouses and siblings of people who have fallen into addiction and on the wrong side of drug dealers, and who have incurred major debts and encountered huge issues. It is that normalisation that is the problem that we really need to face up to and address. I am conscious that there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Misuse of Drugs (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...out after a few drinks, they might go to the top shelf if they were taking things a bit further. It seems that cocaine has now gazumped all other types of behaviour and is now the accepted normal drug of choice. That is extremely worrying. I see much more in the media about vaping, for example, than about cocaine and that needs to be addressed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Misuse of Drugs (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: All forms of substance abuse, whether it is the top shelf I referred to earlier or drugs, must be called out. What worries me most is the normalisation of cocaine use we have seen in recent years. Speaking to young people in my constituency, it is accepted among some people that this is what is done at the weekend on a Friday or Saturday night. That is bonkers to me as someone who is only...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...very serious. Some children can have anaphylactic reactions to peanuts. A lot of work is being done on this by Children's Health Ireland, CHI, in conjunction with Cork University Hospital. A drug has been developed but there is no timeline for rolling out peanut oral immunotherapy. This is something that would be very welcome. Will the Taoiseach follow up on the matter? A business...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of the CF drug kaftrio under the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54326/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if the cystic fibrosis treatment drug Kaftrio will be made available under the drug reimbursement scheme to child patients who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 359. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug reimbursement process will be streamlined to ensure that potentially life-saving drugs can be accessed sooner by patients in need of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (24 May 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to target the problem of hard drug dealing in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 May 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if cariban (details supplied) will be made readily available and acceptable under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24144/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on procuring consumable and other equipment related to drug and alcohol prevention and treatment programmes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the drug cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3962/22]

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

Brendan Griffin: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans to introduce a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (12 Oct 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the date or timeline his Department will publish the report by an organisation (details supplied) on the HSE drug reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49578/21]