Results 1-20 of 47 for drugs speaker:Duncan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to approve the drug (details supplied); the criteria used to disapprove the drug; and his views on the lack of access to the drug in Ireland, despite its widespread use across Europe for persons with compromised immune systems. [58171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban cannot beprescribed by a GP on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/23]

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: Medicinal Products (14 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio will be available for all children, with specific regard to the 35 children in Ireland who are waiting on the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Feb 2021)

Duncan Smith: 847. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans his Department and the HSE have with regard to licensing the drug dupilumab for use by patients with severe eczema as of February 2021 given the HSE drugs group met on 12 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction that all medical card holders be entitled to the entresto heart drug, regardless of their LVEF level, given that a person (details supplied) is finding purchasing the drug a financial burden due to their level not being below LVEF 35; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58166/22]

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]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...is understandable and a good thing. I am conscious of the pressure the Department is under but this is something we feel must be brought forward as early as possible. The work of the national drugs strategy that would complement the health-led approach to drug use and, ultimately, decriminalisation of the drug user is important. Initiatives such as the national injecting centre in...

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...

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...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...for politicians over the years. Sometimes it is the right answer. With organised crime, murder, public order, cybercrime, and burglaries then yes, we need to resource the Garda. In the case of a drugs policy and tackling people with problematic addiction, more gardaí is not the answer. In this motion and led by Deputy Ó Ríordáin, we are trying to move this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jan 2021)

Duncan Smith: 798. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department and the HSE have with regard to licensing the drug dupilumab for use by patients with severe eczema in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Mar 2021)

Duncan Smith: 1758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction access to the drug dupilvmob to a person (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [15329/21]

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

Duncan Smith: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are 35 children in Ireland that have cystic fibrosis are excluded from the pipeline deal for the drug kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Duncan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50; the estimated full-year cost of a reduction in same from €100 to €80; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio as of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52377/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a citizens' assembly on drugs policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61090/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: Following our Private Members' motion last week on the decriminalisation of drug users, I wish to ask about the timeframe for the citizens' assembly that has been agreed by the Government. Are we any closer to understanding when we will have that assembly?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions which have been processed through the drug payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/23]

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]