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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: ...who died in the name of peace. I also want to remark on the tremendous work done by our security services, whether in the Garda, Customs and Excise, Naval Service or Air Corps, in arresting drug runners in County Kerry. I am sorry, I think it was Cork. Cork or Kerry, what is the difference?

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...street where the Irish Republic was declared and where the workers of Dublin fought the Dublin Metropolitan Police, DMP, during the 1913 Lock-out has now been taken over by fast-food chains, litter, dereliction, crime and drug-dealing. Despite the protestations we have heard from Ministers and Government representatives, the truth is that there is a litany of examples of Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: ...leave to the boy, now a man, their homes and 30 acres when they died, but he had to sell it. Others have probably had similar experiences. I ask for justice and redress for the vulnerable children who were used for drug trials. The Taoiseach gave a commitment to both Houses on a number of occasions to investigate the testing of drugs and vaccines on children without any consent by their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (26 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Jim O'Callaghan: ...when the gardaí apprehend people, the number of burglaries reduces because one or two individuals can have a significant impact on burglaries in an area. Deputy Gannon mentioned Frederick Court in North Frederick Street and drug dealing going on in the laneways there. That certainly used to happen in my constituency, beside Deputy Gannon's constituency, in the laneways off Aston...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (26 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...ánaiste referenced the number of staff that the State has put in, as one example. Despite the number of staff increasing from four to 30-odd at this stage, the length of time it takes to assess a drug is actually lengthening, not shortening, despite the additional staff. That is one point of clarity. The Tánaiste also referenced the heel prick test. The decision to add...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Shane Moynihan: ...number of times, as well as with the Minister directly, not least because of the Thompson boys in my own constituency. This has brought into focus the need for an early access scheme for rare disease drugs. I know there is a commitment to this in the programme for Government that has been discussed before. What considerations is the Department is taking into account? Is it looking at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2025)

Teresa Costello: ...off the pedal in our pursuit of early access to givinostat. Belgium is providing early access to givinostat through its compassionate use programme, CUP. This allows eligible boys to receive the drugs before formal EU approval, which is expected in July 2025, and national reimbursement. We already have EU approval. The CUP is overseen by Belgium’s FAMHP, ensuring safety while...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

...addiction services. Again, I am not talking about a big investment. One or two services would provide a huge change for a lot of children who self-medicate now and find themselves using different drugs at a very early stage because of being traumatically impacted. So work needs to be done there. It is recognising the complication that many of those children have. If a child is even...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) See 28 other results from this debate

...friendly for those who are applying to join An Garda Síochána. There are things we do that other employers do not do. I am thinking about vetting, the medical, the physical competency test and drug testing. There are elements unique to us, but I point to the speed with which we are now dealing with these applications. In February of this year, we had a competition that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I recognise the importance of providing the best care to SMA patients including access to new and innovative medicines. Between 2021 and 2024 the State has allocated €128 million for new drugs. This has allowed the HSE to approve 194 new medicines for patients including 74 oncology medicines and 49 medicines for rare diseases. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their illness, free of charge. While there are currently no plans to extend the list of conditions, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their illness, free of charge. While there are currently no plans to extend the list of conditions, it is...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Cormac Devlin: ...Act 2009, also being considered today, was introduced to address the serious risk posed by criminal gangs. These gangs are not petty criminals; they are transnational operations engaged in trafficking of drugs and firearms, kidnapping, extortion, robbery and murder. They are sophisticated, well resourced and utterly ruthless. These organisations operate in the shadows and their power...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2025)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...ána. However, I am of the view that this matter has gone beyond what the Minister can do. We need a special Oireachtas committee on gender-based violence. I strongly believe that. The special committee on drug use is just starting its work, and we have had special committees in the past in respect of other crisis issues. I would like that message to go forward. I had the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025) See 5 other results from this debate

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...dystrophy, and the Minister’s party colleague Deputy Aird had a group in with MLD in the past. We are going to keep having these cohorts of patients in periodically, looking for a either a drug or a treatment, because the system is inherently broken. It was Simon Harris who said, back in 2017 or 2018 when he was Minister for Health, the reimbursement process is broken. The one...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Together with the national road EV charging plan, it provides a complete national plan, ensuring no gaps in coverage and supporting Ireland’s transition to cleaner transport. In relation to road safety, €7.88 million has been provided to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety to support its vital work in detecting drug and alcohol misuse by drivers. The vast majority of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...on medicines, which we aim to progress over its lifetime. Access to medicines is the focus of a number of workstreams across my Department. Budgets 2021-2024 allocated €128 million for new drugs which has allowed the HSE to approve 194 new medicines. Seventy four (74) of these drugs were for treating cancer and forty-nine (49) were drugs for rare diseases. Budget 2025 allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...feedback supporting continuous improvement of care and outcomes in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Of further relevance to Ireland, EuroHeart facilitates cost-effective safety surveillance of new drugs and devices as well as registry based randomized controlled trials. The EuroHeart programme has been designed for the benefit of patients, citizens and the planning of healthcare. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts within her Department to develop a new national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34777/25]