Results 1-12 of 12 for drugs speaker:Réada Cronin

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...knows, over the past two years my party leader, Deputy McDonald, and others have been raising the alarm about the decision by the Department of Health to effectively shut down the north inner city drugs and alcohol task force. It is a mystifying move given the task force is so badly needed. Unfortunately, the Taoiseach's most recent written response on this to Deputy McDonald simply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Réada Cronin: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation on the availability of, and access to, the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban; how access in Ireland compares to that of other countries; the reason it cannot be prescribed by a GP when the majority of pregnant women can get to see a consultant only after the twelfth week of pregnancy; the number of scripts for cariban...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Réada Cronin: .... This time, she was put on epilepsy medication and added to a waiting list to see a neurologist. Now, 21 months later, she still has not seen that neurologist. She has had no change in drugs and no proper diagnosis, which means she cannot drive and her life is completely on hold. This young person, a student teacher as it happens, has her whole life ahead of her but because of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to source oestrogel or a suitable alternative; when he expects the drug to be available to women who depend on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: ...from a gender gap in medical science and research as well. I welcome this plan, but there are a few areas in which we could go a little further. I am concerned that, while Viagra is reimbursed on the drugs payment scheme and the medical card, the drug to help women with hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnancy is not. I suffered from it myself, so I know how it wipes you out when you are...

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

Réada Cronin: ...their own State. This week alone, past and present members of An Garda Síochána are under arrest, suspicion, suspension or investigation for an array of serious offences, from the possession of drugs to passing information to a violent gang or the sexual abuse of their children. Here, where we make the laws that make or break these young lives, the Tánaiste is under active...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...Health if a category system can be put in place similar to that which exists in other jurisdictions in which persons who wish to be vaccinated but who have a history of anaphylaxis or other adverse drug reactions are immediately and automatically referred to an immunologist who can manage their case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37689/21]

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

Réada Cronin: 3080. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure the timely and regular community availability of the drug tocilizumab to pharmacies other than hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for the asthma drug Xolair at Tallaght Hospital; the number of persons waiting for same; the length of time they have been waiting given that some persons have already been waiting more than two years for the drug; the status of funding for the drug at Tallaght Hospital and all hospitals concerned; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 312. To ask the Minister for Health his policy on vitamin D supplementation in the population; his policy on the strategic use of drugs such as HCQ and ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the needs and difficulties of persons living with limb damage caused by the drug thalidomide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44496/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure a life-extending drug continues to be available to a person (details supplied) and the other beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40944/20]