Results 1-20 of 81 for drugs speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...activities, transport and individual items and services such as specialised laundry, newspapers and hairdressing. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...activities, transport and individual items and services such as specialised laundry, newspapers and hairdressing. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...She undertook thousands of fisheries patrol days over the course of her service. Like all Naval Service vessels,LÉ Eithnewas multi-tasked and also had the ability to undertake general surveillance, search and rescue, diving operations, drugs interdiction and other duties while conducting her primary day-to-day task of providing a fishery protection service. A number of disposal...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...on track to achieve; — the sustained funding of cancer research of €37.6 million between 2020 and 2023, which represents 14 per cent of the Health Research Board's overall funding portfolio; — the funding allocated in the last three years to new medicines, including 61 cancer drugs, of €98 million, and the total spend on cancer drugs in the last three years of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...activities, transport and individual items and services such as specialised laundry, newspapers and hairdressing. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...medicines last year, which is a new record. This is in the context of a total health budget of €22.5 billion, which is another record. At the same time, however, it is a person who needs that orphan drug, for example, and it will make a difference to that person's life. The Deputy said that in August 2023, the NCPE completed a rapid review of Vutrisiran, the factors of which are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...medicines, and new uses of existing medicines to be funded or reimbursed. In August 2023 the NCPE completed a rapid review of vutrisiran. Factors evaluated during rapid review include the cost of the drug relative to potential comparators, uncertainty relating to comparative clinical effectiveness, uncertainty relating to cost effectiveness and the potential drug budget impact. On this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...cancer strategy is evidenced by significant investment in recent years. New development funding of €20 million was allocated to cancer services and €15 million was allocated for new cancer drugs in 2021 and 2022.This increased total funding for cancer services in 2022 to €139 million. To date, this funding has supported the recruitment of 393 additional staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., newspapers and hairdressing. This may also include medical services such as therapies and some medical equipment. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...people with medical cards and 185,000 discretionary cards, so 1.8 million people have medical cards. A huge proportion of those are older people who would depend very much on their medical card for drugs. That also includes the drugs payment scheme, where families can pay up to €80 a month for the drugs they get from the pharmacy. All of that is factored in as well. We are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...Neart Le Chéile, I am not familiar with it. If the Deputy could copy me into the correspondence, I will speak to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, as drugs strategy comes under her remit. We will see if we can get a response for the Deputy.

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...with the Health Act. However, in certain circumstances, the HSE may exercise discretion and grant a medical card, even though an applicant exceeds the income guidelines, where he or she faces financial circumstances, such as extra costs arising from illness. Second, under the drugs payment scheme, no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ..., newspapers and hairdressing. This may also include medical services such as therapies and some medical equipment. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

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

Mary Butler: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible. The HSE robustly assesses applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...person; Bed and board; Basic aids and appliances necessary to assist a person with the activities of daily living; and Laundry service. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (12 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the services covered by the NHSS. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. It is important to state that residents of nursing homes should enjoy the same levels of support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: The Social Care, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Unscheduled Care Policy Division spans issues relating to older people, palliative care, dementia and carers, mental health services, people who use drugs, inclusion health and access to urgent and emergency care. The divisional remit is to develop policy and underlying legislation as required, to ensure the provision of high quality health and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ..., newspapers and hairdressing. This may also include medical services such as therapies and some medical equipment. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: Residents in nursing homes receive medication as prescribed by a general practitioner or physician and as dispensed by a pharmacist. Prescribing practices including the choice of drug is the prerogative of the medical profession and not subject to review by inspectors of social service. Inspectors will review care records and medication administration records to ensure that residents...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (7 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ..., newspapers and hairdressing. This may also include medical services such as therapies and some medical equipment. A person's eligibility for other schemes, such as the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme, is unaffected by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care...