Results 461-480 of 19,944 for drugs

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...younger people. We need to be very clear about the health risks associated with vaping. It is not cool or trendy; it is a significant health hazard. According to the Health Research Board in its 2019-20 national drug and alcohol survey, 17.4% of respondents indicated that they had smoked in the prior 30-day period, corresponding to 680,000 of the general population in Ireland aged 15 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...of Health spoke quite directly to the productivity question and undertook to put a greater emphasis on productivity. I think that will be in particular areas. Deputy Tóibín spoke about drug costs and the layers within the HSE. One of the discussions we have had is the recruitment of management and administrative staff as opposed to clinical staff. We monitor that and it is one...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 14 February 2023, if he will confirm when the promised resource for the Drogheda area, by way of provision for a full-time staff post on the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement (DRIVE) programme, as provided for in Budget 2023, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/23]

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (9 Nov 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: ...supports for student nurses and midwives. Senator Martin Conway- The need for the Minister for Health to review and expand the list of authorised medicines available under the medical card and drugs refund schemes in light of the current medicine shortages in pharmacies. Senator Seán Kyne- The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the 2023...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Martin Conway: ...that is accessible to everybody. I will outline a problem. On one hand, we are making it more affordable and easier to access medicines by providing medical cards to more people and reducing the drugs payment scheme. On the other, because of the shortage of medicines - and internationally at this stage - people cannot get the medicines they require either through the drugs payment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (9 Nov 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...Portarlington. What is unique about the course, as the Minister pointed out, is that the 100 students have got about €1,500 worth of medical kit, in the form of tourniquets, field dressings and advanced drugs. I have no doubt the course has saved a considerable number of lives. I thank the Minister for his support. The country can rightly be proud of the project's contribution.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...not on the Reimbursement List. In some cases, this will require a hospital prescription, or a recommendation from a HSE Tissue Viability Nurse. All dressings on the Reimbursement list are also available under the Drugs Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Over 2021 and 2022 I secured €40 million in funding for the Strategy, supporting the recruitment of approximately 360 staff to date in cancer services, and €30 million in funding for new cancer drugs. What this means is that more patients are being seen and waiting times are down. For Rapid Access Clinics for breast, lung and prostate cancer, waiting times for patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Over 2021 and 2022 I secured €40 million in funding for the Strategy, supporting the recruitment of approximately 360 staff to date in cancer services, and €30 million in funding for new cancer drugs. What this means is that more patients are being seen and waiting times are down. For Rapid Access Clinics for breast, lung and prostate cancer, waiting times for patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for pricing and reimbursement decisions under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49243/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of acute in-patient charges, extension of free GP cards to children aged 6-7 and expansion of GP visit cards to those earning under the median income, free contraception for women agreed 17-10 and reduction in the Drug Payment Scheme threshold from €138 to €80), progress in developing elective hospitals, enhancing care in the community through community intervention and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and affordable access to medicines for patients in Ireland over the next 4 years. Negotiations towards these new Agreements with industry began in May 2021, against a backdrop of a growing annual drugs budget, up from €1.95bn in 2016 to almost €2.25bn by 2020. The multiannual agreements with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) and Medicines for Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Mapping Diversity, Negotiating Differences: Constitutional Discussions on a Shared Island: Discussion (9 Nov 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...of nowhere with very poor infrastructure, and with young people who are completely involved in a struggle to live, to try to get a job and an education. Many of these communities are riddled with drugs and crime. These places are the same in the North as they are in the South and the only difference might be the religion or the flag that might be flying in the local community. One of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

.... They often have mixed mental health and personal, social and sometimes intellectual difficulties, with or without the mixture of complex and challenging issues, such as ADHD, or consequences of drug abuse. Unfortunately, their experience of mental health interventions in an adult setting may be their first inpatient exposure to mental health care, and experience from research and from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023) See 13 other results from this debate

...officer in the primary care performance and oversight division of the Department of Health and I am joined by my colleagues Ms Anne Marie Seymour, principal officer in the medicines, controlled drugs and pharmacy legislation unit of the Department, Ms Adedolapo Odukoya, assistant principal, and Ms Bevin Doyle, assistant principal. I would like to briefly outline the background and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...discretion and grant a medical card even though an applicant exceeds the income guidelines where he or she faces difficult financial circumstances, such as extra costs arising from illness. Under the drug payment scheme, no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines, which include some HRT medication. In budget 2023, VAT was...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...to gamble, smoke or drink. They would not even be entitled to buy vapes under the latest proposals from the citizens’ assembly. Apparently, they will not be allowed to smoke recreational drugs when those proposals come into effect. They are not bound by contract. For legal purposes, including the purposes of criminal law, they are considered to be children. For asylum seeking...