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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the discontinuation of funding for a project (details supplied), facilitated by the HSE and the Clondalkin drugs and alcohol task force; what measures are being taken to ensure the continued support of the vulnerable community members previously served by this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51957/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of Health officials in 2023. The Department met with PSI in March and September of this year and are due to meet again in December. Within the Department of Health, Medicines, Controlled Drugs and Pharmacy Legislation Unit (MCDPLU) is the main point of contact for the PSI, though other units may engage with the PSI as required, dependent on business needs. MCDPLU also liaises with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Policy and Action Plan (OPAP) Food Labelling Wellbeing Healthy Eating Guidelines for 1-5 Year Olds Department of Health Frank Feighan, T.D. Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing & the National Drugs Strategy Blaine Gaffney, Minister Feighan’s Office Audrey Hagerty, (Principal Officer) Ciara Mellett, (Head of Healthy Ireland Programme) Ursula O’Dwyer,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...to take Questions Nos. 595, 597, 598 and 599 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...diabetes 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 condition, free of charge. Statutory Instrument No. 277 of 1971, place the following...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...;5.5 million, with an additional €650,000 estimated to be incurred by the end of the year. This will lead to an overall shortfall in the subhead of €1.879 million, which will be offset by savings from subhead A4, tribunal of inquiry. Moving to the citizens’ assembly subhead, the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use has concluded its series of six meetings and will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...online survey and a request for submissions, ran from November 2021 until January 2022. More than 5,000 responses were received. These included responses from Alcohol Action Ireland; Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland; The Health Service Executive Alcohol Programme; Institute of Public Health; Irish Community Action on Alcohol Network and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (23 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 330. To ask the Minister for Health what steps have been taken under the National Drugs Strategy to ensure that drugs rehabilitation projects have the capacity and supports required to benefit from the ring-fenced T-coded CE places for those recovering from drug or alcohol addiction; and her views on the issue. [51680/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...Act 1970, (g) orders made under section 75A of the Health Act 1970, (h) regulations made under section 75B of the Health Act 1970, (i) the Health (Amendment) Act 1996, (j) the Mental Health Act 2001, (k) the Redress for Women in Certain Institutions Act 2015, (l) the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2017, (m) the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, (n) Regulation (EC)...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: ...important that we recognise the many opportunities for good that can result. Healthcare is one of the particular areas where it could be transformative whether in diagnosis, treatment and clinical decision making or, indeed, in drugs research. It is essential that there is an ethical basis for the use of AI. That should be no different to the use of any new technology. It is also...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

...maintaining what you already do. In health, for instance, this entails maintaining the same number of doctors or nurses per patient, paying them the same relative wages, administering the same drugs, all while reflecting a larger and older population. For a long time, Irish budgets have focused primarily on the new things we can do with each budget day package. This focus made more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Wellbeing area of learning at Junior Cycle. Wellbeing in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (22 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Kelly: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drugs Administration since January 2023. [51336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in the country, i.e. full eligibility (medical card holders) and limited eligibility (all others). Adults with full eligibility can access a range of services including GP services, prescribed drugs and medicines, public in-patient hospital services, including consultants’ services, out-patient public hospital services including consultants’ services, dental, ophthalmic and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., Government removed VAT on all nicotine replacement therapies thus reducing the cost of these products to people who wish to stop smoking. I have also agreed that nicotine replacement therapies should be included in the Drug Payment Scheme and to remove the two week limit that applied to first prescriptions of these therapies. It should also be noted that as part of Budget 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...certain expenses. In circumstances where an applicant is still over the income limit for a medical card, they are then assessed for a GP visit card, which entitles the applicant to GP visits without charge. The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) ensures that no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The DPS significantly reduces...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (22 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...same, to clarify what procedural/approval procedures are in place for GPs/primary care centres with regard to test analyses/approval of the suitability of possible candidates for injection of the drug saxenda; if a consultation process with all doctors in a GPs/primary care centre is required before approval/suitability for the injection is given (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The variety of potential threats, such as drug running - and our congratulations go to the Defence Forces on their tremendous success in recent times in this area - also underlines the necessity to prepare for an ongoing attack on incursion in that area, and that at all times it is now necessary to make preparations well in advance and to try to ensure our defence systems have the technology,...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...is a significant barrier to accessing care and feeds people's belief that they have to have private health insurance. There were important initiatives. The removal of the €80 a night charge, the reduction in the drugs payment scheme threshold and the expansion of access to free GP care were all very important initiatives and they gave the impression that we were on the road to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...is the Government now pushing workers back into the workplace as opposed to allowing them to work in a hybrid fashion? Last night, the Department of Health published the report of the north inner city drug and alcohol task force. While I totally understand that there could be disagreements between people and personality clashes, the document produced last night was petty, self-serving...