Results 1-20 of 40 for drugs speaker:Joe Carey

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Joe Carey: A cohort of 35 children aged between six and 11 with cystic fibrosis are desperately trying to gain access to the wonder-drug, Kaftrio. A health technology assessment started in December. This issue has gone on for more than a year and a half. When will these children and their families be able to get access to that drug?

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

Joe Carey: ...to the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics on 21 December 2022 moves as expeditiously as possible, with appropriate input from the patient community thereby giving access to this life changing drug for these vulnerable children at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1024/23]

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

Joe Carey: 1412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban, for pregnant women in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Joe Carey: 91. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the efforts to ensure that the 35 children with cystic fibrosis who have been excluded from the Katrio drug therapy treatment will have access to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: 1193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to provide the CF drug kaftrio to a cohort of 35 Irish children aged between six and eleven years, who are currently excluded from access to the drug due to a disagreement between the manufacturers and the HSE; if he will report on the meeting which he committed to with an organisation (details supplied) in relation...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Carey: Kaftrio is a miracle drug used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients. The drug was approved for use for use by the European Medicines Agency in January 2022. Some 140 children are already using this miracle drug but a further cohort of 35 children do not have access to it. I have previously raised this issue on the floor of the Dáil. I have also met representatives of Vertex...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Carey: Kaftrio is a miracle drug used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in January. Thankfully, 140 children in Ireland are now using it. A further cohort of 35 children have been locked out of the scheme relating to the drug and are anxiously trying to gain admission. Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has sought a meeting with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Joe Carey: ...Road Safety situated? How many people work there? How many tests does it deal with per week or per month? What is the turnaround time for testing? There seems to be an increasing prevalence of drugs within society. Would it be fair to say there is an increasing detection of drugs among people driving? What is the percentage breakdown between alcohol and drugs? Is that percentage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Carey: ...? Will the Minister give clarity in that regard? I congratulate the Garda in Clare and Chief Superintendent Sean Colleran for their work, particularly over the weekend when €700,000 worth of drugs were found and seized in Ardnacrusha. I look forward to cash and other assets of those criminals being brought into this fund.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Carey: Criminal gangs and their activities in drugs and organised crime are a blight on society and are having an impact throughout Ireland around the larger cities and spilling over into rural Ireland. I welcome the establishment of this fund. The Minister is right that communities need to see this money spent in their communities in order that they can feel safe. When will the pilot projects...

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

Joe Carey: 2395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the accreditation of a vaccine (details supplied) and its path to approval by the European Agencies for Drug Administration for accredited vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2021)

Joe Carey: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department plans to amend the misuse of drugs regulations to provide clarity and legal certainty to civilian property exhibit management system roles in An Garda Síochána nationally with regard to their ability to control drugs or firearms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38022/21]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (4 Nov 2020)

Joe Carey: ...2021; (21) Deputy Mattie McGrath - to discuss the urgent need to progress a ring road for Tipperary town; (22) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - to discuss plans to grant extra resources to An Garda Síochána to increase the provision of drug-driver car testing; (23) Deputy Bríd Smith - to discuss the education needs of children who are not attending school because they have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (18 Sep 2018)

Joe Carey: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the availability of the drug Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Nov 2016)

Joe Carey: 241. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-enter negotiations with a company (details supplied), the manufacturer of the cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi, with a view to reaching an agreement and enabling persons with cystic fibrosis here to access the recognised health benefits from its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34210/16]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Joe Carey: ...constituents on the issue of legalising cannabis. It is an issue that attracts a strong reaction with those in favour of legalisation tending to shout louder than those who are against it. As drugs go, both legal or otherwise, it is fair to say that cannabis is not of the more serious variety. There does not tend to be the same widespread social disruption as a result of persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2012)

Joe Carey: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the price paid by the Health Service Executive for drugs which are out of licence; if measures are being taken to reduce this price; the way price compares with other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48990/12]

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Joe Carey: ..., and did a good job in raising awareness of suicide. Creating awareness and highlighting the terrible emotional legacy it leaves are important for society. We know that links between alcohol and drug abuse and suicide is quite high, and further studies of the area are needed to get a more comprehensive picture. For too long issues such as suicide in Ireland have been taboo, to be...

Written Answers — Drugs Seizures: Drugs Seizures (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Carey: Question 900: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the quantity, type and value of drug seizures in each prison for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/10]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (16 Jun 2010)

Joe Carey: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the drug treatment facilities that are available in St. Patrick's Institution; the number of young offenders availing of these services; if there are plans to increase this service; the number of drug-free landings in St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25750/10]