Results 1-10 of 10 for drugs speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1533. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) for children is not covered under the drugs payment scheme; if there is a plan to add it to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/24]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...fact that children who find themselves in Oberstown will often have experienced childhood abuse or trauma, or will have suffered from or witnessed domestic abuse, parental ill health, or parental drug or alcohol misuse, all of which will not have been addressed in their lives. We discovered that in the majority of cases, children found themselves in a detention centre because they were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend prescribing authority to GPs for the nausea drug, cariban, which presently is planned to only be prescribed by consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (21 Apr 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of free legal aid annually in relation to cases of possession of illegal drugs for personal use and in cases of petty crimes associated with drug use. [18607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases regarding the drug Duogynon (details supplied); and the research undertaken by his Department on the use of this drug. [23491/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: ...HSE. It is available for a number of types of cancer but not for the cancer John Holmes has, which has been diagnosed as a metastatic neo-endocrine tumour. He has been forced to fundraise for the drug and the HSE can see that the drug is working. Providing access to the drug makes sense. It is available through the HSE for other cancer patients and has been clinically shown to work....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: ...to his brief. The first thing I want to do is obtain a commitment from the Minister of State that he will bring this matter to the Minister's attention. This issue relates to pembrolizumab, a drug that is available for the treatment of patients with certain cancers in this country. Patients with a particular type of cancer are not able to access the drug, making this another example...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (28 Nov 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 398. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs committee group met on 14 September 2017; if the drug Vimizim was discussed; if a decision was made to reimburse the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (1 Feb 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 60. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an initiative he is taking with other countries to negotiate collectively to lower the prices of drugs; the status of meetings that both he and officials from his Department have had with their counterparts on this; the way he will proceed on this; if targets have been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (23 Nov 2016)

Kathleen Funchion: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the existing drug addiction facilities in County Carlow, specifically around support and follow-up care for addicts who have recently completed rehabilitation programmes. [36468/16]