Results 1-20 of 38 for drugs speaker:Catherine Ardagh

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (17 Apr 2024)

Catherine Ardagh: ...What we need and what we are looking for is ring-fenced multi-annual funding. Part of the investment in 2022 saw €35 million in extra funding to cancer services, which included €20 million for new drug development and €15 million for new cancer high-tech drugs. This is amazing and commendable. This investment shows we can do it. It shows we got 172 staff...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...work yesterday along the east coast. Listening to Senator Lombard, you would think gangland crime and associated murders were non-existent now. The huge haul yesterday only shows that the gangland criminal drugs industry is alive and well. Unfortunately, a lot of crime stems from that, especially in the area where I live, in Crumlin, Walkinstown and Kimmage, where such crime can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General for their attendance. I commend them on all the efforts of Óglaigh na hÉireann in the context of the crackdown on drug smuggling into the country. As other members said, a lot of important, dangerous work is going on and I thank the Chief of Staff and the members of the Defence Forces for that. It plays a vital role in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ..., including our ushers, caters and cleaners, who make this a beautiful place and a wonderful environment for us to work in. I thank everyone. I call for a debate on the funding of high-tech drugs for cancer and rare diseases. We have procedures, systems and offices in place in this regard, such as the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, and the corporate pharmaceutical unit,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (13 Jun 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...vaping. We are really leading in that area across Europe. However, what is missing is screening. Evidence shows that lung cancer screening detects lung cancers at an early stage and we have the drugs to successfully fight early-stage lung cancer. There are pilot programmes ongoing in Ireland and the United Kingdom and the data indicate that lung cancer screening programmes are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: ...legislation in Ireland? I have a three-year-old child with severe, level 3 autism, and I avoid taking trips to the doctor's or dentist's with him. If it is possible, I will choose to get him the drugs on the phone or from an online doctor. It becomes very difficult for the children. I have not really interacted with any professional, except perhaps speech and language therapists and...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...in the form of credits to health insurers to compensate for the additional cost of insuring older and less healthy people. I very much welcome this Bill. With regard to health insurance and how it links with orphan drugs, we know many health insurance providers such as Vhi healthcare and others are now paying for orphan drugs. They would have been under a lot of pressure from large...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...to school because their parents are not able to send them. We have huge addiction problems in this city and in our towns. It calls for a redirection of funds. Senator Ruane called for a citizens’ assembly on drugs use. That is part of it. We need to figure it out exactly. We are seeing a huge increase in crime around the city. Much of it is among teenagers who are bored...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...was a CF register, we were able to say there are X number of people with CF who need X amount of support. Once the register was created, there was a big push to say that we need services or we need drugs. I am not saying it is perfect for the CF community, as it is far from that, but it has given that community a lot more momentum by having a register. It is a difficult discussion. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...was a CF register, we were able to say there are X number of people with CF who need X amount of support. Once the register was created, there was a big push to say that we need services or we need drugs. I am not saying it is perfect for the CF community, as it is far from that, but it has given that community a lot more momentum by having a register. It is a difficult discussion. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...how we can support and help communities more. Many structures are already in place. Some are supported, but some are not. I know my colleague, Senator Ruane, has called for a citizens' assembly on drugs. While it is not as simple as having a citizens' assembly on drugs, that would provide a deep dive into our communities and how drugs affect families, communities, housing and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I raise an issue that I regret is not of the same importance as an issue raised earlier by my colleague, Senator Ruane. As mentioned by her, every day someone dies from a drug overdose. It is terrifying. As others said, we have to take this on board. As a House, we should be rallying behind our colleague, Senator Ruane, championing the issue of a citizens' assembly on drugs. Having...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: .... Famously, the Duchess of Cambridge, if that his her title, suffered from it. There was a huge campaign last year but to date nothing has been done by the HSE. The campaign is to have the drug pyridoxine-doxylamine, more commonly known as Cariban, made available on our drugs payments scheme. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to prioritise this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...colleagues have said, an urgent debate in this House on how we will protect those vulnerable customers before any decision is made. I wish to raise a campaign by Hyperemesis Ireland that routine drugs for women suffering from severe morning sickness such as Cariban be provided on the drugs payment scheme. These drugs can cost some women up to €2,000 during their pregnancies. This...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Catherine Ardagh: ...the Taoiseach for going to the south-west inner city yesterday. As we know, the area faces tremendous challenges and struggles. Without simplifying it, these struggles include a high level of drug use, over-saturation of services for those with addiction and gangland crime. That is despite the amazing efforts of the community and individuals who fight fearlessly on a day-to-day basis...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...The report confirmed what we knew to be the case anecdotally and have discussed in the House, namely, that children as young as 12 years are being used by gangs in the south inner city to deliver and sell drugs. These children are considered by gangland criminals to be expendable. The problem is having a serious impact on local communities. Dr. Connolly's report finds that up to 700...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...ten gangland-related murders in the past year, which is not a great record. He should be held accountable for this and come to the Seanad to engage in a proper debate on gangland-related crime and illegal drugs. It could be a wider debate on the drugs issue, including legalisation-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: I want to raise two matters. The first relates to the drug Spinraza. Children with spinal muscular dystrophy are still waiting on the roll-out of, and treatment with, Spinraza, despite the Minister’s announcement approving this drug last June. To date we have learned only three children are receiving the treatment out of a possible 25. We all remember the Minister’s major...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...in the world. It is a real shame that it has burned down. I hope it will be rebuilt at speed. I would like to comment on the announcement made by VHI that it will cover the cost of some high-tech drugs for its private cancer care patients. However, some of the drugs will not be available to cancer patients being treated in the public healthcare system. As someone whose family was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: I met a gentleman recently who described how he is fighting for access to the drug, Spinraza, for his 15 year old daughter who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. She is now at a stage where she finds simple tasks like getting up, going to the bathroom or brushing her hair very difficult. Spinraza is available in 20 other countries and anecdotally we have learned that Ireland has been...