Results 161-180 of 616 for drugs speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I will take written replies to my questions. I raised the question of drugs treatment. I am not satisfied. There is a greater emphasis now on acceptance and that it is inevitable that people are addicts and that nothing can be done about it. That is a mistake. I ask questions on the number of drug treatment programmes that are offered to addicts or users of drugs and the results among...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...departments of general hospitals and spend the whole day there, but there is nowhere to go. There are no beds and no permanent programmes. There are permanent programmes in place to deal with drug addiction and other health matters, but there are no programmes for mental health patients, especially children, who require attention of an ongoing nature as well as treatment and care under...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...spaces at second level schools in County Kildare; (13) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the overcrowding at Naas General Hospital emergency department; (14) Deputy Seán Haughey – to discuss drug-related gangland murders and shootings in Coolock, Dublin 5, and Dublin 17; (15) Deputy Paul Murphy - to address the need for investment in rural infrastructure and transport in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The criminal justice (money laundering and terrorist financing) (amendment) Bill is promised legislation. In view of the activities on the high seas and the value of drugs being seized internationally, when is this important Bill likely to come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patients here have ready access to modern drugs in line with their availability throughout the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49147/19]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (14 Nov 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...the Garda resources in Cork city centre; (9) Deputy Jackie Cahill - to address the issues in relation to negotiations with CE supervisors; and (10) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - to discuss the urgent need for further resources to tackle drug abuse in the Drogheda and east Meath area. The matters raised by Deputies Lisa Chambers, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and John Curran; Deputy Eoin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Oct 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have access to the drug Repatha restored to reimbursement in view of the person's dependency on the drug for the past number of years and whose loss of access to the drug will cause extreme pain, discomfort and anxiety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42899/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I had a note to deal with a drugs rehabilitation programme. The Minister responsible is not present. We might have an update as soon as possible on that one. It is an area that we need to discuss.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1355. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of Tagrisso; the recommendation and decision taken by the HSE leadership team with regard to the reimbursement of the drug in July 2019; when it will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 1356. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement applications in cases in which the HSE has decided it will approve in tabular form; the next steps to be taken following such a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36906/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Jul 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the process in regard to the governance of the drugs approval and procurement process with particular reference to facilitating more stakeholder engagement from industry and patients; his plans to extend the timeline for the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29796/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...to cost-effectiveness briefly. Cost-effectiveness comes in many shapes and forms. It comes in the administration of the services in general, the administration of purchasing and the approval of drug refunds. Something we seem to get bogged down in from time to time is a debate on whether we should do a particular thing on the basis of it being too expensive. If it is too expensive,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organised Crime (16 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...or about to be taken to discourage young people from seeing a life of crime as an attractive option? To what extent can the chain of command in the use of teenagers in particular as mules for drug barons be infiltrated with a view to prevention and the use of rehabilitative and educational measures within the Prison Service?

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...of personal hygiene products from the HSE; (3) Deputy Niamh Smyth — to discuss the need for a women's refuge in Cavan-Monaghan; (4) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — to discuss funding for the Donore community drug teams and their youth programme; (5) Deputies Eoin Ó Broin, Thomas P. Broughan and Gino Kenny — to discuss developments in regard to the proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...for coming before us this morning and giving us the benefit of their advice. I agree with the views expressed that what is happening at present, whereby seriously ill people who know a particular drug is available and has beneficial effects are deprived of it unless they pay a ransom for the drug, is totally unworkable and morally wrong. The pharmaceutical sector must be regulated in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (30 Jan 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which juveniles have become part of the drug distribution network of criminal gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4657/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (30 Jan 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which the most serious and life damaging illegal drugs are becoming available nationally; the extent to which An Garda Síochána remains equipped to combat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Bernard Durkan: ...at ports or airports. It was done efficiently and effectively. I presume cognisance has been taken of that to put something comparable in place now. I will move on very quickly to the supply of drugs. I have listened to some of our colleagues in the UK predicting a doomsday situation for this country after the UK leaves. To what extent has the Department considered their views? Are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (15 Jan 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stop and searches under misuse of drugs legislation in 2018 across each of the three policing districts located within a division (details supplied); the way in which this compares with each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...loaded either. To clarify the point, it did deal with a cannabis Bill and we came to conclusions based on medical evidence which had been strongly presented and on the basis that it was a gateway drug, the taking of which required medical supervision. The point about the need for medical supervision was emphasised from the outset. As it was not going to be available, it was not...