Results 1-20 of 43 for drugs speaker:Neale Richmond

Seanad: An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...ideology and ethics behind patents. Why do we protect patents? Why do we ensure those people who own patents can protect them? It is in order to encourage people to develop technology, treatments or drugs in the first place. The products are sold commercially but one could ask that if there was not that commercial element, would those people develop those patents in the first place?...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...course one reason for the delay was the UK's decision to withdraw from the European Union and, therefore, withdraw from the formulation of this court. As it stands, if a piece of technology or a drug is developed with cross-Border co-operation, it is registered for a patent in the jurisdiction where it is registered. The patent can be registered, if it is in Northern Ireland, with the...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...quite clearly to its workers how important the referendum is to their jobs and how important it will be to existing and future patients, particularly given that the company does so much work on orphan drugs, which the Deputy mentioned. The referendum is a big undertaking. Holding it on the same day as the European elections is good as it will increase the turnout. When people are...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...to today being Rare Disease Day as well as the leap day. He put it in context that one in 17 people is suffering with a rare disease in this country. It is not that rare when you think of that. An awful lot of people are dependent on orphan drugs being developed, made and distributed in Ireland by really innovative companies. He mentioned one such company that he and I had the pleasure...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...and local authorities will be able to work with local businesses and legal practitioners. More importantly, I hope people will benefit from these patents in due course – the people who will possibly need those patents for new treatments and new drugs down the line. We will come together and get this over the line in June. I look forward to returning to Luxembourg as a full member...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on access to the drug kaftrio for children with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62551/22]

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

Neale Richmond: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have Ozempic added to the drugs payment scheme for those with a medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60613/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: Just to clarify, it is an ever-changing issue. Unfortunately, there are situations like this with drugs and many different treatments all the time. The Minister of State deals with these issues on a daily basis, as does the Minister for Health. The situation, in this case, is that because of the nature of the drug and the regulatory environment with the European Medicines Agency, there is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...they may be prescribed this prolongs the misery. A lady in my constituency was diagnosed with hyperemesis at eight weeks. She was losing 2kg a week. This was before it was placed on the drugs payment scheme and she was not eligible to get this so she had to go onto a less effective drug until she was six months' pregnant. She became pregnant again more recently and again fell foul...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Neale Richmond: ..., An Garda Síochána, not the Criminal Assets Bureau, seized €16 million in cash from criminals. I appreciate that the pandemic allowed for a level of policing and a level of return on policing in the context of cash, drugs and contraband seizures that were of a much larger scale, but that €16 million has to be ring-fenced in its entirety and ploughed back into...

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

Neale Richmond: 1233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow access to the Ozempic weight loss drug for those on the drugs payment scheme without a diagnosis of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of Covid-19 anti-viral drugs to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing those who live alone to benefit from the recent decrease to the drugs payment scheme on a pro-rata basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add hyperemesis treatment to the drug repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that women with hyperemesis can access the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2022)

Neale Richmond: 708. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high cost that women with hyperemesis are facing in accessing the drug Cariban; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that generic alternatives are not available in Ireland; the steps he will take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of drugs seized by An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3005/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research Funding (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: ...it was known previously, provides opportunities for researchers, institutions and society as a whole across the European Union unlike anything that went before in terms of innovation, life-saving drugs, new technologies and viable economic ventures. It is to the forefront of a strategy that makes this region the world's largest economic bloc. On our own small island, the more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: ...the pandemic response and some of the supply chain and delivery issues of vaccines at the outset. I must state frankly that the citizens of the European Union were grossly let down by certain drugs manufacturers. I wonder if Mr. Nolan can provide an update on what actions are ongoing or will be taken by the European Commission against those companies that let the people of Europe so...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Oct 2021)

Neale Richmond: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount and volume of drugs and cash seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48856/21]