Results 1-20 of 45 for drugs speaker:Duncan Smith

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...long it is taking to get these new medicines into the hands of the people who need them. In Ireland, it takes on average two years from the date of application to patient availability. When it comes to oncology drugs, the time to availability is longer, with a median of 704 days, and we rank 32nd out of 37 countries in a survey published by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical...

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

Duncan Smith: 1529. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding a drug which is not covered under the drugs payment scheme for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Mar 2024)

Duncan Smith: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand access to Naxolone, which is used to prevent drug overdoses, in line with the UK and Northern Ireland, whereby it is available without prescription via drug treatment services such as an NHS body, a local authority or a public health agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/24]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...the supports provided for pharmacies are expanded as a matter of urgency. Pharmacies have faced a 16-year pay freeze. During that time, the rate paid to dispense medicines under the community drug scheme decreased by 24%, from €6 to €4.58, while the revenue generated by pharmacies under the community drug scheme decreased by 29%. That is not a sustainable trend, nor is it...

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

Duncan Smith: ...the roads safer for all users. Recognising the evolving nature of substance abuse and its impact on road safety is absolutely vital. The move to expand the mandatory intoxicant testing to encompass not only alcohol but also drugs in this Bill is welcome. The warning signs have been there to show that drug driving has increasingly become an issue, as much as driving under the influence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Jan 2024)

Duncan Smith: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the HSE drugs group that took place in 2023; the number of medicines considered for recommendation at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3199/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Dec 2023)

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to having nitrous oxide categorised as an illegal drug and unlawful to possess, given the recent warning from a leading neurologist regarding the dangers associated with the use of nitrous oxide among young people, with up to ten patients a month presenting to one Dublin hospital with some patients requiring inpatient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Duncan Smith: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the recruitment of a coordinator for the Cabra Finglas Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54330/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Duncan Smith: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the recruitment of a new coordinator for the Cabra Finglas Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (7 Nov 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1241. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in County Longford in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48168/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...through a citizens' assembly, a forum which is well-suited to dealing with difficult, politically complex subjects. We have seen the citizens' assembly deliver a report on decriminalisation of the drug user and other topics. Given the depth of feeling and passion for our military neutrality in this country, a citizens' forum would have been the more appropriate place. There is an...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...nine days. In summing up, the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, also mentioned that the workers can sometimes be "forgotten in a politically-charged debate". I mentioned the workers in the drugs sector earlier. Those workers were almost forgotten by this Government earlier this week in the section 39, section 10, and section 56, campaign, when it waited until the very last minute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: It is a long meeting and we will all get a chance. As regards the mandatory drug testing coming through, there has been mandatory alcohol testing for some time. On the random testing side of things, there was a period in my life when I could not turn a corner without hitting a random Breathalyser test. Some people say the checkpoints are always in the same places but that was not the case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: If I am pulled over, will I be tested for both alcohol and drugs, as a rule?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...or 16 times in my life but I have not in the past few years. If I go home tonight and run into a checkpoint, a few pass and I am one that is pulled in, am I blowing into a breathalyser and getting drug tested or is at the discretion of the gardaí at that point? This is just a checkpoint. It has nothing to do with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: The resourcing is the same and there is no difference between them. The Garda has enough testing capacity for both alcohol and drugs.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...for that service go? The section 39 organisations are being asked to meet that requirement. These section 39 workers, as well as the section 56 workers and others outside of that in drug and alcohol services, are shouldering the burden. I am thinking of Prosper Fingal in my constituency, which is unable to meet the demographic pressures of operating in such a young, fast-growing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage and meet with a union (details supplied) to discuss the fees pharmacies receive from the State for all the State drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...Minister for Health if he will provide an update as of April 2023 on the production and publication of a review of the access and reimbursement issues surrounding the availability and access to the drug Cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20405/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1513. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move the drug eltroxin onto the long-term illness core list for people with Down syndrome, and other chromosomal abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17031/23]