Results 1-19 of 19 for drugs speaker:Emer Higgins

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...for those with rare diseases is growing. The Alliance of Rare Disease Companies Ireland tells us that Ireland now ranks 31st out of 37 countries when it comes to waiting lists for approval of drugs. Patients are waiting for an average of 877 days for orphan medicinal products to be approved. That is more than two years of uncertainty for them. Six years ago, the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the discontinuation of funding for a project (details supplied), facilitated by the HSE and the Clondalkin drugs and alcohol task force; what measures are being taken to ensure the continued support of the vulnerable community members previously served by this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51957/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Emer Higgins: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals routinely conduct blood tests for alcohol or drug traces in patients admitted after serious car accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44733/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...pressure, cholesterol or mental health and medicines people require to regulate their hormones, their breathing or their insulin. People with medical conditions are facing a record shortage of drugs. That is causing huge anxiety for them, their families and their pharmacists. About 60% of the population will be impacted in some way. This matter has been raised with me by people having...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (30 May 2023)

Emer Higgins: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to bring forward legislation to control the sale and supply of illegal drugs or substances through social media channels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/23]

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...to constitutional and legislative change and change in the design and implementation of policy. They lead to changes in society. I welcome the commitment to establishing a citizens' assembly on drug use because the prevalence of drug use and addiction has reached a very worrying level. Meanwhile, the underground drugs trade booms on our streets and preys on young people in vulnerable...

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

Emer Higgins: ...can be a little intimidating and, frankly, unenjoyable to be around at night time. The combination of a lack of rubbish bins and public toilets, as well as the more sinister activities such as antisocial behaviour and open drug-dealing, are real issues in parts of our capital. O’Connell street is one of Ireland’s most iconic and well-known streets but, in reality, many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Apr 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...will go and how it will work. This aspect is something we must be on the journey to doing. I note Dr. Wingfield also said the State already funds IVF treatment through the use of funding for drugs. Following on from that, is the State funding any aspect of surrogacy now, such as the freezing of eggs or the funding of transportation of eggs abroad? I also commend Dr. Wingfield on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...in treating it, but it can cost up to €45 a week, or between €1,500 and €3,000 over the course of a pregnancy, which, I am sure the Minister will agree, is unaffordable. Unlike other drugs that the State pays for partially or completely, Cariban is classed as a supplement and that seems to be the issue here. 3 o’clock I understand there has been some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (17 Feb 2022)

Emer Higgins: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that are being taken to tackle illegal drug dealing in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8599/22]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Emer Higgins: ...patient faces an income loss of over €1,500 per month as a result of having to leave a job, work for fewer hours or, as is sometimes the case, close his or her own business. I welcome the extension to the drugs payment scheme in the budget, which will help those going through treatment for breast cancer. I support further extension of the financial supports available to those...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Emer Higgins: ..., Kenneth Egan, who has been lobbying for the proceeds of crime seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, to be invested back into the communities which have been so negatively impacted by drugs, the drugs trade and the anti-social behaviour and crime that comes with that. He recently discussed this with the Minister for Justice, and Deputy Richmond has been drafting legislation on this....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Emer Higgins: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to reduce the maximum amount paid monthly on the drug payment scheme from €124 to €114 on 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31506/20]

Public Health, Well-being and National Drugs Strategy: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Emer Higgins: ...for those in recovery. A dangerous new trend is emerging in my constituency. Parents are contacting me about their children using edible cannabis, a trend identified to me by the Clondalkin Drugs Task Force. Avoiding the foul taste of tobacco, young people are attracted to gummy bears and chocolate laced with cannabis. This is problematic for a number of reasons. First, the sugary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 999. To ask the Minister for Health when data from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18606/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index in which nitrous oxide was implicated; if two recent deaths in Tallaght, County Dublin and in Millstreet, County Cork which the media have reported as being as a result of nitrous oxide abuse will be recorded in the HRB’s national drug-related deaths index; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health if a report from the HSE and Trinity College Dublin on drug trends in summer 2019 at music festivals due to be published shortly records use of nitrous oxide; if so, the proportion of attendees at music festivals in 2019 who used nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Substance Misuse (15 Jul 2020)

Emer Higgins: ...local parks in Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown and Rathcoole have become littered with strange shiny silver bullets. Many people were shocked to discover that these objects are the residue of a new drug abuse craze among young people. Teenagers are inhaling nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, from these bullets to get high.` While this craze is new in Ireland, we can see the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Jun 2020)

Emer Higgins: ...the circumstances under which a person can acquire cannabis-based products (details supplied); the details of the clinical guidance required; the Department responsible for international controlled drug export licensing requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8463/20]