Results 1-20 of 76 for drugs speaker:John Lahart

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

John Lahart: This is a formal Oireachtas committee but there are informal cross-party Oireachtas committees. I chair a cross-party Oireachtas committee on rare diseases and orphan drugs, which is a result of the second termism that I spoke about earlier. Other Oireachtas colleagues are chairs of different ad hoc committees, which make quite a lot of progress that way. I am very happy to do something...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: ...to implement. What do people want? Law-abiding drivers comply with the speed limits, rules of the road and directional signs but see others contravening all those things, never mind drink and drug driving, which we will come to. When the small things are penalised and dealt with by law enforcement, however, it gives those law-abiding drivers an awful lot of confidence. One thing...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

John Lahart: So we are not talking about the speed limits in Dublin being reduced to 30 km/h universally. The Minister of State might elaborate on what he has in mind there. The drugs measures, drink driving and penalty points have been mentioned. I did not mention them but I support them and there is no point in repeating them. The public wants more police in cars with cameras on secondary and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jan 2024)

John Lahart: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health what additional amount has been allocated to orphan/new drugs for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56756/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

John Lahart: ...to hear that I kayaked the Dodder in my younger days. Innovation, research and design are subjects I know are close to the Tánaiste's heart and are also at the heart of our health system. New drugs represent not just hope for patients but the pinnacle of research and intellectual endeavour, not least here in Ireland. The Tánaiste is aware of my personal interest in this...

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

John Lahart: .... Will the Minister give a flavour of those, even if it is just for colour? He is a man who would clearly dig his heels in. On a subject close to my heart, I chair a cross-party group on new drugs and rare diseases. There is a concern that there is no increase in the allocation for new drugs. Will the Minister comment on that? The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, kindly visited...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: ...to in our independent legal presentation on the matter, that could not define general standards of medical practice and stated these were matters for state law when it came to the prescribing of the drugs required for it. That is an important point in the evidence we have had before us. Regarding Oregon, it seems that the regulatory environment is out of control and there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

John Lahart: ...for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the average medical card, including the direct cost to the general practitioner; a breakdown of the indirect cost, to include the cost of drugs and other schemes which the medical card permits exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 May 2023)

John Lahart: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if the working group that is to review governance arrangements to support HSE drug reimbursement process has been set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25663/23]

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

John Lahart: 264. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline on the consultation process committed to in respect of drug cost reimbursement including the cost of drugs for rare diseases. [25387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: 1148. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by both his Department and the HSE to each of the local drugs and alcohol taskforces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [12312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

John Lahart: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to initiate an approach to the challenge of drugs in parts of Dublin south west, such as the Jobstown, Killinarden and parts of Tallaght, and Clondalkin, similar to that adopted by the previous Government to Dublin's north inner city; if he will specifically commit to the appointment of a coordinator and taskforce to examine and identify,...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: ...A number of items relating to acute neurological healthcare are welcome. I welcome the funding for an issue that is close to my heart, namely, Huntington's disease. The Minister of State knows that I served for a number of years on the Tallaght drugs and alcohol task force. There is an additional €10.5 million for the drugs strategy and a further €4 million for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 1053. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept a formal invitation issued to him by the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force to formally meet with the members of the task force as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37998/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

John Lahart: Can Mr. Murphy tell us about the impact of the DAA drugs on him? What did taking them involve because it was clearly very successful? He just outlined the impact they had on him. In his written contribution, he said he got his first negative test, which was obviously a pretty positive experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

John Lahart: ...worker. How effective does he think the State's needle exchange programme is? Does it work effectively? Does he think that people who encounter really significant and acute challenges around drugs and needles are aware of the dangers of hepatitis and if they were, would it make any difference? Does he think there is anything else that the State can do around that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

John Lahart: Is it still predominantly the case that most people still become infected with the virus by sharing needles or other equipment used to prepare and inject drugs?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to tackle drug crime, especially in view of recent seizures in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16195/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: ...and each ward in each of those authorities would be represented accurately. This would cost money but Dublin needs someone to speak on particular topics with one voice, including such issues as drugs, policing and transport. That person would seek a mandate, go before the public on that mandate and, four or five years later, go again before the public and seek its response as to whether...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 1358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report recently launched by Tallaght drugs and alcohol task force with regard to emerging trends in relation to drugs and crack cocaine in particular. [62987/21]