Results 1-20 of 91 for drugs speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2023)

Dara Calleary: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be added to GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (19 Jan 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...Oliver Bond complex, which the Deputy just described. Everybody has the right to feel and be safe in their homes and communities. The Government is acutely aware of the substantial and ongoing damage that drug dealing has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a serious threat to community safety. The Minister is assured...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (19 Jan 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...administration of Garda business. The Minister, Deputy Harris, is assured, however, that An Garda Síochána is fully committed and determined to effectively tackle individuals involved in the illegal drugs trade in the Dublin Metropolitan region and, indeed, across the country. More broadly, of course, An Garda Síochána continues to target those involved in the sale...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if the epilepsy drug nifedipine will be added to the medical card scheme. [33351/22]

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

Dara Calleary: ...link into an apprenticeship strategy, education strategy and to school completion; it must look at the serious challenge of addiction, the completely underestimated and misunderstood scale of the drugs challenge facing every single community on this island and every single member of those communities, but especially young people. There are the issues around social media and the impact...

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

Dara Calleary: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively considering the purchase of the drug partisan for use by sufferers of familial amyloidosis; if there is a projected timeframe for the sanctioning of use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...Downey on "Morning Ireland" this morning will have been very moved. Jack Downey, Johnny's son, was 19. He was an accounting student. His father said he loved GAA and he loved life. He was not a drug taker; indeed, his father said he would not even take an Anadin. One day last August he left home at 10.30 a.m. and at 9 p.m. Johnny and Elaine received a phone call that Jack had been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Dara Calleary: I reiterate the HRB figures. A total of 786 people died from drug related deaths in 2017. Those are the ones that are registered and that we know about. It is essential for the Government to strengthen the legislation on the availability of drugs at concerts and large gatherings. Promoters are making considerable money on these concerts and it is time for them to know there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...closures in so many areas. Again, it will undermine primary care services. Not only will dispensing fees be reduced, the practice of phased dispensing, which is a safer and more efficient way of dispensing drugs, will be made unviable for many pharmacies putting patients in danger. There will be a reduction in the high-tech care patient care scheme. This is a system that pharmacies...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...is underspend. The Minister needs to address that with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, for the Department of Rural and Community Development to finally get its work done. On Leaders' Questions today, in respect of community affairs in urban areas, Deputy Micheál Martin raised the RAPID programme and the need for drugs programmes, as the threat of drugs is taking hold of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...events across the State that are causing great concern. There has been a raft of ATM thefts on both sides of the Border. There is also insidious evidence of an increase in gang activity and drug related activity in Drogheda in particular. The Garda armed response unit had to be brought into Drogheda. It appears that Drogheda has been left short of gardaí for the past year and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...the problem took hold. Today we are referring to Drogheda and Longford, which are two fine communities, but there are communities across the country living in fear of low-level anti-social behaviour up to drug and criminal gang activity. They do not want to be the next towns with armed support units. There needs to be proactivity on the part of the Minister and the Government, while...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...occurred here. Every day counts for these families and every sufferer of SMA. It has been medically proven in virtually every country in Europe bar two - one of which is Ireland - that Spinraza is a drug that gives time and opportunity to those who suffer from this awful condition. Before the drug existed, they had no such opportunities but Spinraza has proven to be a miracle drug in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: The process is broken if we and Estonia are the only countries in Europe that have not approved use of this drug. The Minister, Deputy Harris, bypassed this process with his approval of the pembrolizumab drug. The process is broken when nobody is answerable to families or public representatives - those of us with a mandate - on the reason for delays. Delays matter and when somebody has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...people's lives. On 20 September last, more than six months ago, I raised the issue of spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, with the Tánaiste and the need for the HSE to improve the reimbursement for the drug, Spinraza. This has been raised on a weekly basis by many Deputies across the House since. As we stated, SMA is one of the most horrific diseases imaginable. We had a meeting this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...to something that will transform their lives. We want the Tánaiste and the Minister for Health to meet these parents and patients to understand how important this is and the transformative nature of this drug because the HSE clearly does not. I ask the Tánaiste to get the right information.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: On 20 September I raised the issue of the drug called Spinraza with the Tánaiste. It was subsequently raised by my party leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, and Deputies Lisa Chambers and Curran. Some five months have passed and the 25 children I referred to that day are still waiting. They do not have time to wait. It has been approved in 20 EU countries. The latest country to...

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: ..., and must also ensure it is available for CCTV systems. We are great at putting in these things but not so great at looking after them. Unless they are maintained, they are not effective. The availability of drugs is no longer exclusive to cities or to large urban towns; it is an issue that has been hitting every single rural community. There is a genuine fear among parents and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: On 20 September last, I raised the issue of Spinraza with the Tánaiste. It is a miracle drug that will give a future to 25 children and their families. Almost three months later, we are no further on in giving assurances to those families about the availability of Spinraza. I ask the Tánaiste, as deputy head of Government, to intervene and inject some urgency into this process....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...the issue of Spinraza and the stress the parents of these 25 children are under while awaiting a decision. The stress these families and their children are under is intolerable, knowing that this drug has huge potential for their lives. At this stage, given that we signed up to this deal with the Benelux countries, surely there is a better way of making decisions like this. I plead with...