Results 121-140 of 204 for drugs speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to Mr. O'Brien, he said in his presentation that he was not aiming his remarks there. He said that the adjectives he used were aimed at the drugs companies.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: ...information on specific areas and on performance, which I hope will benefit the meeting. Session A covers the Department's performance in three areas of activity: the primary care community drugs schemes, acute hospitals and delayed discharges. For the benefit of members and those watching and listening at home, the format is that I will invite the Minister to make his opening remarks...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: ...answer those questions we can come back to them under the development sub-head. This session is focusing on the key areas of activity under the headings of primary care reimbursement service, drugs refund scheme, acute hospitals and long-term residential care and other support services for older people. Members should keep their questions to those topics.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (9 Oct 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the years 2009 to 2013, the amount spent by the State each year on medicinal drugs; the total savings generated by reference pricing and generic substitution. [38776/14]

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: ...burden but I know from being involved as a chairperson in my club that we must recognise it as important work, because we need a strong, single and coherent message on doping and taking illegal drugs. There must be serious sanctions, including loss of funding. Many of our international athletes have spoken out against doping in sport, with some even calling for increased sanctions. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (25 Sep 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Fampyra; if a new application in respect of the drug has been submitted to the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36212/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (8 Apr 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of a certain drug (details supplied) has been reviewed in view of it being no longer available in the United States of America; if he will put in place tighter controls on the use of benzodiazepine medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Yesterday I attended the Cork city joint policing forum. The Cork city coroner, Dr. Myra Cullinane, put a very strong emphasis on the issue of alcohol being a gateway drug and the way it was becoming the pathway introduction for young people. At a later stage, when we see the heads of the sale of alcohol Bill, announced recently by the Minister of State, Deputy White, the committee should...

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Some television soap operas, such as "Fair City" and "Coronation Street", centre around the pub. Although I hardly dare to mention "Love/Hate" in the company of Deputy Eoghan Murphy, it, too, deals with the issue of drug and alcohol misuse, which has an implication for young people. Can we honestly continue the relationship between alcohol and sport in the broader interests of our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on pharmaceutical drugs at each acute hospital over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 1075. To ask the Minister for Health his policy on the central purchasing of drugs for all hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46028/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 1073. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the drug spend by the State through pharmacies in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46026/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: 1074. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the State through the drug repayment scheme in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46027/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: How is the process of substitution drugs working out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: ...some social media websites. Has the IMB considered publishing on Facebook its excellent leaflet to educate people, young people in particular, who might be using anabolic steroids or weight loss drugs so as to highlight the dangers associated with them? It is right that there is a need to educate young people. My focus in this regard is on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: ...level with search engine providers, Google, Yahoo or whoever, in terms of a disclaimer, given that in his presentation he said there is no control over the type or quality of ingredient in the drugs being imported?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: This morning at a meeting of the Select Committee on Health and Children the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, referred to a review by his Department of the local and regional drugs task forces. Can the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs comment on the relationship between her Department and the Department of Health and the joined-up approach they take to these task forces?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: This is subhead B3 on drugs.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: Subhead B3 is the drugs initiative. I call Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Topical Issue Debate: HIV Incidence (20 Jun 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: ...back. We must see the implementation of that strategy which will pay dividends in the long run. It is important that the wider population be aware there is no cure for AIDS or HIV. Some of the drugs and combination therapies will prolong life and ultimately we hope the level of investment will bring about a cure. It is important that we do not become complacent and that we take note of...