Results 21-40 of 185 for drugs speaker:Gino Kenny

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

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. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Are there any examples in, say, the European Union of pharmacists being able to prescribe particular drugs to customers? Is there any mechanism in Europe whereby that can happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: How would medicinal products be classified? These are drugs that do not need to be prescribed by a doctor but can be obtained in a pharmacy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That could be applied to all drugs, could it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: If that person goes to a pharmacy and says he or she has finished his or her prescription and cannot see his or her GP, could the pharmacist provide a week's supply of that drug?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use completed its work after six months. The clear message from the citizens' assembly is to end the status quo. As I said to the Taoiseach two weeks ago, we have had six decades of this that have failed. People have been criminalised. They have been brought through the criminal justice system and through the prison system. It just has...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...regard? Being able to get treatment is a life-and-death issue. Like all other Deputies, I received an email concerning one of these patients, who was told there would not be access to the new drug and it would require leaving the jurisdiction to access it. That is not good enough. People are reliant on these drugs as part of their medical intervention. Even Bernard Gloster has said...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use will meet for the final time this weekend. It has been going on for the last six months and was a much-needed debate. All indications from the assembly will point to a different approach. We have had an approach that has failed for the last six decades. Indications from the assembly are that they will call for decriminalisation and possibly regulation,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is huge concern about a cohort of patients who rely on new drugs and treatments. Bizarrely, in this year's budget the funding for these treatments has been taken away. This will affect thousands of patients. Like all Deputies, I received an email about a person who relies on a particular drug and has been told by their doctor that they will not get it. The person will have to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available for a drug from Merck called sotatercept, this drug which has had positive results to treat pulmonary hypertension a condition that is progressive and incurable effecting heart and lungs. [44643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be available for new drugs and clinical trials in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44644/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 485. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if reports that no funding for new drugs and clinical trials will be available for 2024 are correct. [44645/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...the devil is in the detail. I got an email yesterday from a woman, who does not live in the constituency I represent, regarding funding that normally comes through the health budget for new treatments and drugs. I spoke informally to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, about this yesterday. Normally, there are tens of millions of euro for new treatments and new drugs from pharmaceutical...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...bigger question, which I am unsure if the Minister will be able to answer, is how to undercut criminal gangs in this country. Such gangs are largely profiteering and generating money through the drug industry. That is essentially what they are doing. Robbing banks is yesterday's kind of activity for criminal gangs. These gangs generate enormous amounts of money through the drugs...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use met for the penultimate time. All indications from the assembly point to a liberalisation of our drugs policy. We have had six decades of this and it has been largely a failure. If the recommendations are for decriminalisation and forms of regulation, will the Government implement those recommendations? According to the chair, Mr. Paul...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use is examining the issue of drug use and this is an important issue and assembly. Early indications are that the citizens in that assembly are moving towards a more progressive approach on drug use. That is welcome and it is a reflection of society but the big question is as follows: whatever the recommendations are, will this Government give a commitment...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on drugs policy will next meet. [32556/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to progress drug availability in Ireland for rare forms of the neurological condition, spinal muscular atrophy, specifically adult types 3 and 4 (details supplied). [32647/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am guessing the situations where this would happen would be unique. I refer to someone not having the physical ability to self-administer the drug. These would be unique circumstances, but I am sure such a situation could be accommodated. I think this happens in New Zealand. If people there cannot physically self-administer the medication, then they are helped by a physician. Again,...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...with young people, we will then have voids and resource issues. My substantial contribution will be on the document, Report on the Consultations with Young People for the Citizens Assembly on Drug Use. It outlines a number of very important issues that young people are thinking about and want to engage with. It raises a number of very important issues regarding how young people are...