Results 101-120 of 185 for drugs speaker:Gino Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Conventions (10 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...the Minister for Health if EU authorities regulate EU hemp food products which contain trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, as products controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Conventions (10 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent clarifications provided by the European Commission to an organisation (details supplied); if Ireland will continue to apply criminal drugs laws to foods which are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Conventions (10 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is the only EU member state with an existing hemp food industry which continues to use criminal drugs laws to control trace amounts of THC which is not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13160/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Conventions (10 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 913. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the interests of justice are served by applying Irish criminal drugs laws to food products which are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs when the express purpose of those Irish laws is to give effect to the convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13161/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (10 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 914. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to exercise the Misuse of Drugs Acts against CBD foods with trace amounts of THC produced and or sold by Irish companies who have novel food applications pending at considerable cost on the advice of the Food Safety Authority given that the European Commission has indicated to an organisation (details supplied) that the Commission itself has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 998. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add first-line treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if his attention has been drawn to the significant financial pressure that the cost of these treatments put on pregnant women; if he will address this, as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/21]

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...the Minister of State for his statement. This is probably the first time I have formally engaged with him so I wish him well during his tenure in office. We have different views on alcohol and drug policies, but as the conclusion of the Minister of State's statement says, it is about harm reduction. That is what it is about, because the previous policies of other Governments have been a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...supplied) in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that cannabidiol, CBD, is not a narcotic under EU law within the meaning of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drug as it does not have any psychotropic or harmful effects on human health on the basis of available scientific data; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the court also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug dupilumab which is a treatment for atopic eczema will be approved for Irish patients soon; the reason this treatment which is available throughout Europe and in Northern Ireland has still not been approved here given its benefits as a targeted treatment for atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/20]

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: .... We must look for alternatives and work with local communities and young people. We will not get through to everybody. There is an element of people who use them for other purposes, such as dealing drugs and so forth, but we have to look for alternatives. If we can look for alternatives, we can in some way address the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: .... Fifty people in the State have licences for access to medical cannabis but there is no joined-up thinking in terms of how those children are doing and how people are getting funding for this drug. It is extremely frustrating. Can the Minister make a commitment on when the medical cannabis access programme will progress and start?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Oct 2020)

Gino Kenny: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process for those who have been refused reimbursement by the HSE for the use of the breast cancer drug pertuzumab despite a consultant oncologist’s opinion that it would be beneficial to use as treatment in a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/20]

Public Health, Well-being and National Drugs Strategy: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...for decades. It is welcome that we are talking about a health-led approach rather than a criminal justice approach, which simply does not work. Last year's alternative approaches to possession of drugs for personal use were welcome but they did not go far enough. I understand the sentiment of that report will be sent to the Citizens' Assembly. I have a problem with this because we are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2020)

Gino Kenny: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the reason for the delay in treatment for some of these children such as a child (details supplied); the way in which and when these issues will be addressed in order...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: .... He is frustrated by the process. He thought he was going to get Spinraza at this time last year and would be able to move on with his life. However, 18 of the applicants have not received the drug. The Minister knows as well as I do that time is of the utmost essence in the context of this drug and the condition. Can he give any assurance to those 18 people and their families that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the reason for the delay in treatment for some of these children such as a child (details supplied); the way in which and when these issues will be addressed in order that all children can receive this...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: ...of the inner dynamics of criminal gangs and how their insidious behaviour affects communities. The picture is pretty bleak. Children as young as ten or 12 are exploited and involved in the drugs industry. There is still light, as the author of the report said, with regard to going from antisocial to pro-social behaviour, which is very important. I am quite outspoken on this issue....

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: ...be reimbursed. What people have to do is somewhat bizarre. They have to go to a different jurisdiction with a licence and bring the product back four times a year. There is no other drug in the world for which this has to be done because of the stigma and rubbish relating to cannabis. Will the Minister of State clarify when this programme will be up and running and how patients can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: 422. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug Spinraza; the way in which it is being rolled out; and the process and reason for the way in which it is being dispensed in view of the fact that there are still children awaiting its administration. [50227/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Gino Kenny: Four months ago, the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription and Control of Supply of Cannabis for Medical Use) Regulations 2019 came into effect. For the first time, this gave Irish-based doctors the opportunity to prescribe medical cannabis products. Since then, nobody has been prescribed any products whatsoever. I received a text message from a woman in recent days. In it she said: Hi Gino,...