Results 1-13 of 13 for drugs speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...directly with her. I will update Senators more broadly on the position but I know the Minister of State will do further work in that regard. As Senator Ruane said, naloxone is a prescription-only drug at the moment and measures have been put in place to ensure that as many people as possible have access to naloxone administration courses. The Department of Health and the HSE are acutely...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...prison and their families. There is significant ongoing training for pharmacists on naloxone administration. There is a body of work on this as the Government recognises that it is a lifesaving drug. It is clear the response it can have on a person's life and their well-being. Notwithstanding that it is currently a prescription drug and that there are restrictions on it, it is the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...useful it is and how much more needs to be funded. I am aware of that also. The Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Naughton, have published the strategic action plan for the implementation of the national drugs strategy for 2023 and 2024. The plan has a total of 34 actions based on the six strategic priorities following the review of the strategy in 2021. However, that only...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I can assure the Senator that I will do that. I understand that in order to have real impact, the support of families is central to the approach that has to be taken. Community-based drug and alcohol services are a key part of the national drugs strategy in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem and really getting at the issues behind that problem, which are often extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that entresto and medications to treat hyperemesis gravidarum have not yet been added to the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52931/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...for less than 12 months as compared with 70% of men, meaning it is impossible to address addiction or mental health issues that underlie so many issues. Traveller women's specific pathways to drug use and crime are absence of community supports, domestic violence, partner involvement in crime, and rates of perinatal death and bereavement. They are a particularly vulnerable group and one...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...of how hard we need to work to maintain peace on this island. Of course, we cannot speak on this subject in this House without remembering the death of Veronica Guerin in 1996, and her work reporting on drug and gang related crimes in Ireland. It is not directly within the terms of this debate but her bravery was no different from those mentioned before. There are so many journalists who...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...youth services in schools give up and hand the cases over to the Garda youth diversion programme. The services often withdraw. For example, one case involved a young person who was homeless and in drug addiction. Every service had already withdrawn by the time the child was 13. They only one that had not was the Garda. That is because it cannot withdraw. The strategy is about...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 2227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate epilim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jul 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the prospective reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); the status of same following the meetings which were scheduled to take place in April 2021; when a decision will be made by the HSE on the reimbursement of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements (24 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1631. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the prospective reimbursement of a drug (details supplied) following the finalisation of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics assessment process; if the HSE has commenced negotiations with the pharmaceutical company; if meetings have been held on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 968. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the semaglutide (details supplied) injection was removed from the drug payment scheme for persons with polycystic ovary syndrome; if it will be included on the scheme for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a drug being assessed for reimbursement (details supplied) by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/20]