Results 1-20 of 347 for drugs speaker:Simon Coveney

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: There is an issue with regard to orphan drugs, whereby there are small numbers of users of very specialist drugs in certain categories. The Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Taoiseach have outlined on many occasions that it is not the job of politicians to decide what drugs should be approved and what drugs should not. That has to be a medical decision and there needs to be an assessment...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Coveney: Once a drug goes through the assessment process for drugs for rare conditions and approval is granted, it automatically follows that the finance is available in terms of making the drug available. I am not sure at what stage in the approval process the drug is actually at, but I can get the Department of Health to check with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (18 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Responsibility for the prevention of drug trafficking rests primarily with the Customs Service of the Revenue Commissioners. Responsibility for the prevention of crime rests primarily with An Garda Síochána. However, the White Paper on Defence (2000) provides for a security role for the Naval Service and the Air Corps to assist and support the civil authorities in this important...

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

Simon Coveney: ...is for a child not to come home in those circumstances. The Government absolutely recognises that we have a major challenge, as so many other countries have, to respond in a substantive way to drug use. The number of deaths linked to cocaine use and poisoning has increased, as has the number linked to the use of heroin and other drugs, sometimes prescription drugs. Alcohol is also a...

Drug Seizures. (3 Jul 2007)

Simon Coveney: ...to let Deputy Sheehan have his say on this incident as it took place a couple of hundred yards from his home. Last night and today people have being following the extraordinary story of attempted drug smuggling off the west Cork coast, near Goleen. Garda sources now say that up to 1.5 tonnes of baled cocaine have been recovered from the sea next to an upturned inflatable boat. This, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...to do so in this case as soon as possible. A total of 23 medicines have been approved for reimbursement to date in 2018, so the Government and the Minister are very anxious to approve the right drugs when appropriate. This approach applies to this drug also. We want to ensure that families and individuals are assisted and supported by the best drugs available on the market. We must...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Lariam is still used across the Defence Forces, although I am not sure if Defence Forces personnel in Sierra Leone are using that product or other products. The Defence Forces only use drugs that are approved by the Medical Council. As I am not a doctor, I take the advice of doctors as to the appropriate drugs for use as protection against malaria for troops. While the personnel in Sierra...

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

Simon Coveney: The Government is already very serious about drugs, which is why we are trying to break this enormous challenge into its component parts, including providing more services for homeless people who are affected by addiction, putting in place injection centres for people to inject safely rather than potentially poisoning themselves with overdoses or with dirty needles. These are difficult...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...generalisations. The United States decided to stop using Lariam for troops sent to Afghanistan. We have troops in Afghanistan and we never gave them Lariam because it is not the appropriate drug for troops being sent to Afghanistan. It depends on the region, where personnel are going and for how long, and the strain of malaria. All this is part of the medical assessment. The reason...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (22 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...Administrative Instructions, it would be inappropriate of me to comment further on it at this time. However, I can advise that the unlawful possession, supply, or use, of a controlled drug is incompatible with membership of the Defence Forces. The Flag Officer Commanding Naval Service is committed to holding the Naval Service to a high standard and maintaining a zero...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Drug Tests (21 Oct 2014)

Simon Coveney: Compulsory Random Drugs Testing (CRDT) and Targeted Drugs Testing (TDT) support the Defence Forces’ policy on drug and substance abuse or misuse. This is based on the premise that unlawful possession, supply or use of a controlled substance is incompatible with membership of the Defence Forces. The primary objective of CRDT and TDT is deterrence. The Defence Forces continues to be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (20 Sep 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...accurate answer. I am conscious of this issue. It is being considered by the HSE for approval right now but it needs to go through the process to ensure that the same procedures apply to this drug as to others. I am very familiar with the pressures that families are under while waiting for decisions such as this. That is why they come to Leinster House on days like today to try to push...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Simon Coveney: On the individual locations that have been referred to, I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to revert to the Deputy. She has responsibility for the national drugs strategy but this is a combination of both the national drugs strategy and the response by An Garda Síochána. Both cocaine and heroin are significant problems. The numbers of users of both have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: ..., that the health and welfare of the men and women of the Defence Forces is the utmost priority for both the Government and the military authorities. I am advised there are three anti-malaria drugs. I remember looking at this issue when I was in the Department of Defence and speaking to many of the families with concerns regarding the use of Lariam in the past. The choice of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Simon Coveney: This sounds like a very difficult case, particularly when there are time considerations in respect of the application of the drug. I can understand why parents would be at their wits' end trying to get access to a drug they believe can make a life-changing difference to their child. It is the first that I have heard of this case but I will follow up on it. If the Deputy sends me the...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Simon Coveney: In an attempt to be in order regarding the issue raised by Deputy Flanagan, the Irish Examiner published a hard hitting special investigation on drug use in Ireland today. When the national drugs strategy was launched in the Taoiseach's Department, it was accompanied by a promise by the Government that a review of the strategy would take place on an annual basis, which would be debated in...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 Dec 2009)

Simon Coveney: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the aims of the recently published national drugs strategy will prove achievable in view of the cutbacks in drugs-related expenditure in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/09]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2020)

Simon Coveney: The use of anti-malarial drugs is a medical matter to be decided by medical professionals. In the Defence Forces these are matters for highly qualified medical officers having regard to the specific circumstances of the mission and the individual member of the Defence Forces. There are three anti-malarial drugs, namely Lariam, Malarone and Doxycycline which are used by the Defence...

Gangland Crime: Motion: (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Simon Coveney: ...the State in terms of new thinking and a new approach towards assisting the Garda, where possible, in surveillance, in ensuring convictions are achieved to ensure tough prison terms and to combat drug trafficking and, most importantly, to target demand for illegal drugs. I do not have much time this evening so I will concentrate on this area, in particular the demand for cocaine that is...

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

Simon Coveney: ...as possible and that allows parents to access appropriate health care treatment for their children. However, this must be done under the supervision of a medical professional to ensure that the drugs or treatments being used are appropriate and are supervised. That is why the access programme for medicinal cannabis products is based on a licensing system whereby a consultant requests...