Results 121-140 of 394 for drugs speaker:Micheál Martin

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...;30 million will go to dedicated women’s health initiatives, including contraception and funding for our national maternity strategy. We will also expand specialist endometriosis services and provide additional specialist referral menopause clinics. Access and affordability will be improved through free GP care for children aged six and seven, a reduced drugs payment threshold,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...people on very low incomes who are renting. In the health area, the individuals the Deputy mentioned will benefit from the expansion of access to free GP care, the reduction in the contributions for drug payments and other initiatives such as the abolition of hospital charges for paediatrics. When all that is taken in the round along with the investment in education, including, for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the case of Kate Mynard from Dunmanway and the issue of access to a particular treatment and a particular drug. I will investigate this to ascertain the availability of that, the position of the treating consultants, whether the company has applied under the existing processes and so on. I will talk to the Deputy in more detail about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: My view is that if there is no alternative and the 72-year-old is hale and hearty, then common sense should prevail and provision should be made for it. In terms of a citizens' assembly on drugs, I will come back to the Deputy on that, because now that we are coming out of Covid, we might be in a position to accelerate that. We said we would identify three areas for citizens' assemblies....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...be guided by the experience of the gender equality assembly. The programme for Government provides for the establishment of citizens' assemblies to consider biodiversity, matters relating to drugs use and the future of education. Officials from my Department are engaging with officials from relevant Departments on the approach to be taken with regard to these assemblies. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his initiative in bringing forward this legislation. The whole area of rare diseases and orphan drugs is an important one, and there has been significant investment in research at European Union level under the Horizon programmes. There is a need here in terms of our pricing frameworks to facilitate the research and development that goes into orphan drugs in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: .... Ireland is one of the countries in the world that has a very advanced state of knowledge and know-how in respect of medicine production, research and vaccines. I am delighted that the mRNA drug substance is now being developed at Grange Castle in the Pfizer facility there. The pharmaceutical companies, as a result of this discussion, have pledged very significant amounts to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: .... There is an increased Garda presence in the area with the Garda community support van supporting a focus on community policing, particularly throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. A Garda project focused on drug-related intimidation continues to have positive benefits. Funding has been provided for the training of local gardaí and local community-based practitioners in addressing...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...issue. He has been a consistent advocate in respect of this matter. We have committed to establishing citizens' assemblies on a number of issues, including the Dublin Lord Mayor, biodiversity and drugs. I will come back to the Deputy on their sequencing and prioritisation. The Government will give further consideration to the matter as well. I take the points the Deputy has made and I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...push me in any direction on this. I have been supportive from the get-go and I have worked with the Department of Health and successive Ministers for Health in respect of this issue, securing the drug and reimbursement from the get-go, as well in terms of the application of this important medication in the context of Ava and her specific condition. As the Deputy is aware, the expert...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: ..., which commissioned the independent review, plans to publish it. The programme for Government provides for the establishment of citizens' assemblies to consider biodiversity, matters relating to drugs use and the future of education. Officials from my Department are engaging with officials from the relevant Departments on the approach to be taken with these assemblies. It is envisaged...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy McAuliffe for raising the issue. He is a long-time champion of specific and targeted initiatives to deal with disadvantage and drug dealing and to support communities more strongly in particular situations. I look forward to receiving the report. I have asked officials in my Department to look more broadly at this issue with a view to auditing existing services and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...Medical Officer. There is also the issue of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the response to the decision by the EMA and its assessment in respect of the benefits of the Johnson & Johnson drug outweighing any risks. NIAC will consider and assess the research on that issue. There is then the issue of AstraZeneca itself and its capacity to deliver on its commitments. It...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: ..., which will also assist in decisions on future Assemblies use of virtual meetings. The Programme for Government provides for establishment of Citizens' Assemblies to consider biodiversity; matters relating to drugs use and the future of education. Officials from my Department are engaging with officials from the relevant Departments on the approach to be taken with regard to these...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...Chairperson and new members following completion of the current Assembly. The Programme for Government provides for establishment of Citizens' Assemblies to consider biodiversity; matters relating to drugs use and the future of education. Officials from my Department are engaging with officials from the relevant Departments on the approach to be taken with regard to these Assemblies....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...;naiste will be here tomorrow for a debate on trade, employment, business and Covid, in respect of which 135 minutes are provided. Earlier, at 10 a.m. there will be statements and questions and answers on drug and alcohol services, homelessness and Covid-19, which do need to be articulated and debated, in particular homelessness and Covid-19 and how it is impacting on the homeless across...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (3 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...with a new Chairperson and new members following completion of the current Assembly. The Programme for Government provides for establishment of Citizens' Assemblies to consider matters relating to drugs use; biodiversity; and the future of education. Officials from my Department are engaging with officials from the relevant Departments on the approach to be taken with regard to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his remarks. I accept the impact of the activities by those who deal in illicit drugs and criminal activity on his community, which CAB has struck at. It is a scourge on our society and on communities up and down the country. We need to have a systemic approach to the allocation of funding to communities that suffer from such activities. By that I mean through the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (25 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ..., and there need to be proper health surveillance, authorisation and assessment of medicines by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, for example, at European level and the Food and Drug Administration in the US. Standing back, however, the capacity of companies to get to the stage where we now are, in terms of delivering vaccines-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...up to 56,000 people. There has also been a 50 cent reduction in prescription charges for all medical card holders, which will benefit over 1.58 million people with medical card eligibility. The reduction in the drugs payment scheme threshold to €114 per month has the potential to benefit all 1.38 million people eligible under the scheme.