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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: ...ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps are continually upgraded in line with best practice given the need to respond to such issues as drug trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (21 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of aircraft currently available to the Air Corps, those capable of countering sophisticated drug trafficking or other threats to the security of this or other European states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what drug awareness programmes are run in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 462. To ask the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of opioid drug users, given the reported deaths due to a highly potent synthetic opioid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...will continue to be amended over time. Shingles vaccination is not currently provided as part of the national immunisation programme. The vaccine is not available through the medical card or drug payment schemes. Further information is available here: www2.hse.ie/conditions/shingles/ It is open to any individual who is aged 50 years and older and who wishes to receive the vaccine to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in relation to the situation in Gaza and Israel on 13 October 2023.My Department also receives copies of licenses from the Israeli Ministry of Health in respect of the import/export of controlled drugs between Ireland and Israel. Details for other bodies under the aegis of my Department are operational matters for the bodies concerned and the Deputy should contact the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...€100 million of dedicated funding has been invested by the State in new medicines funding to provide 127 new medicines or extended uses for medicines, to include 50 medicines for oncology and 39 orphan drugs for the treatment of rare diseases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Budget 2024, Official Development Assistance, COP28 and Ongoing Humanitarian Situations: Dóchas (21 Nov 2023)

...functioning. Our own assessment of the 84 heath facilities that are supported by Concern in Kordofan and west Darfur shows that everything has been looted, including beds, chairs, filing cabinets, drugs and, importantly, supplies of RUTF, which is an essential medicine to keep malnourished children alive; it is all gone. Two days ago, I visited Ardamata in Darfur, which has been the...

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

Mary Butler: ...Neart Le Chéile, I am not familiar with it. If the Deputy could copy me into the correspondence, I will speak to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, as drugs strategy comes under her remit. We will see if we can get a response for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (16 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., are working on the implementation of this recommendation. From the 1stof March 2024, the legal validity of prescriptions will be 12 months, with exceptions for some medications such as controlled drugs. Doctors and relevant prescribers such as nurses and dentists will be enabled to write prescriptions for a patient with a legal validity of up to 12 months if they deem it clinically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard O'Donoghue: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions can be made for the inclusion of the drug ozempic to be included in the medical card drugs list for patients needing the drug for weight loss on the advice of their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50317/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

John McGuinness: ...dealing with HRT right up through to asthma are being shared on social media or people are trying to source them on social media. I also ask the Taoiseach to clarify the funding for high-tech drugs. Where people are on these drugs, will the funding for these drugs continue to be provided?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (15 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 133. To ask the Minister for Health given the protective notice that the staff at a Clondalkin-based support centre for drugs and alcohol intervention programme have been issued (details supplied), when funding will be made available to the project next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...(medical card holders) and limited eligibility (all others). People with full eligibility (medical card holders) can currently 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This is it. They are dealing with the issues of drug crime and organised crime and its impacts such as drug debt intimidation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...about how many of our emergency departments are grossly overcrowded, some with non-emergency requirements. That needs to be dealt with as well. Patients need to be segregated so that those who have a drug or alcohol problem get treatment but they go in one particular direction or another and are dealt with. Then there are patients who are there for another purpose, many of whom are in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Donnelly: ...important. Some have gone through some difficulties in recent years and it has damaged the reputation of charities but they do incredible work on the ground. They do everything from health to drug support, rehabilitation and housing. There is such a wide variety of work charities do and it is so important. We need to get this right. Even if it took a little longer, that would be fine....

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...are not constantly shifting, statutory structures and how they are aligned at a more local level can be aligned with Dáil constituencies. I refer to boundaries for the HSE, An Garda Síochána, drugs task forces, local employment services and all these different things. As a public representative, one can see over time how constituency boundaries shift. The statutory...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Gino Kenny: ...on contaminated heroin. Traces of synthetic opioid were found in samples of the heroin they took. Thankfully, no one has died as a result of the overdoses because of interventions made using a drug called naloxone, which is welcome. There are issues with naloxone, which is a prescribed drug. Experts in the field say it should be more available in the context of treating overdoses. ...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Seery Kearney: ...one moment, condemn industrial action, the reasons for it need to be discussed.The reasons for it need to be discussed and we need to have this debated on the floor of the House. I am chair of a drugs task force and many of the other chairs around the country are experiencing similar issues to the one we do, whereby there is a freeze on acting up. There is an instruction that no one is...