Results 41-60 of 616 for drugs speaker:Bernard Durkan

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...the needs of both the current and incoming population. Another issue concerns extending schemes for women and various GP care schemes for those on or below the median household income, retaining the drugs payment scheme threshold and so on. All that is welcome and will be welcomed by the people at whom it is directed. In particular, women's health, and men's case as the case may be,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate, given the extent and growth of drug trafficking throughout the country in urban and rural areas, including the trafficking of drugs among school children, if he has in mind any particular measures to confront criminal gangs involved in drug trafficking; the extent to which he intends to take particular steps in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (18 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which matters are ongoing to curtail drug trafficking affecting second-level schools and colleges, and in many cases, primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1048. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts currently being made to discourage young people from becoming involved in a life of crime, including drug peddling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18320/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1051. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the prisons throughout the country are effectively sealed off from the point of view of drug distribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18323/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Another particular bone of contention is the issue of new and orphan drugs. They are being checked and passed for use in the EU and a second check is done here, which delays availability to patients. Does the Irish Pharmacy Union have a particular position on this? Cystic fibrosis patients and a number of other patients suffering from various illnesses see the availability of a drug which...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...popping up. This one was a case where a couple came home from a night out to get a knock on the door at 2 a.m. or thereabouts. They had been accused of having a grow house or whatever it was. It had to do with drugs, in any event. Obviously, there was wrong information, which happens quite regularly, but the spouse in this case was very upset and had been restrained, for want of a...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This is very important legislation, as the Ceann Comhairle and I know, having looked at the situation around us, to which the last speaker referred. The situation in regard to drugs has come up again and again, and it is going to get worse, unfortunately. I will deal with that shortly. It is important legislation because it will set the standards in the police force of this country for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Health arising from the recent meetings between the HSE and a company (details supplied), if an agreement has been or is likely to be reached in relation to the drug, kaftrio, which is eagerly and anxiously awaited by parents and children alike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10684/23]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (23 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss a report examining the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process in respect of new drugs. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss whether Cork will be considered for the provision of a Gallium Scan. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to discuss staffing levels for early intervention...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...and north west. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss concerns about conditions at University Hospital Limerick. Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Réada Cronin - to discuss the availability to expectant mothers of the drug Cariban to treat hyperemesis gravidarum. Deputy Willie O'Dea - to discuss the lack of secondary school places in Limerick city and its environs. Deputy Gino Kenny -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...appropriate new medicine kaftrio for the 35 children who directly greatly benefit from its use and whose parents are extremely concerned at the long, drawn-out nature of the discussions with the drug firm (details supplied); if immediate steps will be taken to resolve the impasse in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1323. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of rare and orphan drugs currently being evaluated for use in Ireland; the length of time that normally required for this process; the drugs that have taken an inordinate amount of time to evaluate and approve for use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62832/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs that are currently available and approved by the HSE for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other similar conditions, the medication which is awaiting approval in this country or in the European Union; when is it expected that those drugs still waiting for approval are likely to become available to patients likely to require the treatment; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the availability to the fullest possible extent of medications to treat cystic fibrosis; the extent to which such drugs are readily available having been tested and approved at European and national level; the extent to which kaftrio is readily available to patients who require its use as a matter of urgency; if there are any issues surrounding its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 298. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the drug kaftrio will be made available in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); if the drug can be made available as a matter of urgency given the extent of the negotiations that have occurred heretofore; if there is any action that he can take to ensure its immediate availability; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains satisfied that reimbursement in respect of new and orphan drugs and other emergency drugs is sufficiently speedy and capable of meeting the demand; if he has identified any shortcomings in relation to same; when these will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the illegal supply of drugs, thereby putting the drug barons out of business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (6 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána to sustain the battle against drug barons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60966/22]