Results 41-60 of 347 for drugs speaker:Simon Coveney

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...work proactively with the company so that we can find a middle ground position that the company can accept in terms of pricing and that the HSE can recommend to the Government, which can allow this drug to be made available. That is where we are. The HSE has not recommended that there should not be reimbursement for Spinraza. It has made a recommendation that it cannot do it at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...not to trivialise this important issue. We want to get it resolved. There is an absolute willingness on the part of the Government to do that. However, when we are talking about facilitating drugs for rare conditions, as we have been done this year, if we ignore price as part of the discussion, we could pay money that could go into other drugs.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...as possible and that allows parents to access appropriate health care treatment for their children. However, this must be done under the supervision of a medical professional to ensure that the drugs or treatments being used are appropriate and are supervised. That is why the access programme for medicinal cannabis products is based on a licensing system whereby a consultant requests...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...only Netherlands and Canada are licensed to export these products. Department of Health officials are working intensively to try to ensure that we can streamline the process for appropriate drugs or cannabis products to come into Ireland so that children can get the treatment they need when then need it. That is perhaps a different thing from what Deputy Barry is asking for. The only...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: That was not in relation to drug treatment. What we are trying to do here is ensure that medical practitioners - consultant doctors - can work with families, like the family mentioned by Deputy Barry, to ensure that children are getting appropriate treatment and that we can import where appropriate treatments that are not available in Ireland. The Minister has shown more than willingness to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...on this issue it received a negative reaction, which I had not intended to provoke. What we are trying to do is have a streamlined licensing system that can allow families to access appropriate drugs under the supervision and support of a consultant doctor. It will mean those decisions being made quickly in a streamlined way to ensure appropriate medicines can be accessed and licensed to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...to do so in this case as soon as possible. A total of 23 medicines have been approved for reimbursement to date in 2018, so the Government and the Minister are very anxious to approve the right drugs when appropriate. This approach applies to this drug also. We want to ensure that families and individuals are assisted and supported by the best drugs available on the market. We must...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (20 Sep 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...accurate answer. I am conscious of this issue. It is being considered by the HSE for approval right now but it needs to go through the process to ensure that the same procedures apply to this drug as to others. I am very familiar with the pressures that families are under while waiting for decisions such as this. That is why they come to Leinster House on days like today to try to push...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Trafficking (27 Jun 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...the media. The Action Plan provided for the establishment of a United Nations voluntary trust fund for victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, managed by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. During the 72ndsession of the United Nations General Assembly in 2017, a high level meeting took place on 27 and 28 September to review progress on implementation of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...he has an open mind in terms of the medical use of cannabis. How that might best be introduced has not been finalised. It is currently possible for the Minister to provide an import licence for drugs as part of a course of treatment supported by the advice of a consultant doctor. This is, of course, how we got the Vera Twomey case finalised in the end. It is not true to say nothing has...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: Strong legislation and laws are already in place to counteract gangland crime, which abuses and uses teenagers as carriers in the drug trade. An Garda Síochána is very focused on it and has had some success. We also have a comprehensive new national drugs strategy and the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, has led on this. In terms of the issue referred to by the Deputy with regard...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: There is an issue with regard to orphan drugs, whereby there are small numbers of users of very specialist drugs in certain categories. The Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Taoiseach have outlined on many occasions that it is not the job of politicians to decide what drugs should be approved and what drugs should not. That has to be a medical decision and there needs to be an assessment...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Simon Coveney: More than €2.5 million was provided in 2017 for a range of projects in the key areas of crime, drugs, education, training and employment opportunities, services for families and young people, and, of course, physical improvements to infrastructure in the community. The Deputy referred to the North-South aspect. It is probably true to say there has never been better co-operation...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: Before the Minister for Health replies I would like to use the opportunity, as Deputy Niall Collins did earlier, to recognise the role of An Garda Síochána in responding to organised crime and the drugs trade, and the serving member of the force who was shot this morning. I am glad to say his injury is not serious but it is a reminder to us of the extraordinary work the force is...

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...that Lariam does have adverse effects on certain individuals. As such, it is important to have a clear screening process in place to identify individuals who may be adversely affected by the drug. These persons will be offered alternative medication or may choose not to participate in a mission to a part of the world where malaria is relevant. All of that is happening in the Defence...

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: For many people who have used Lariam, including me, it has been very successful. There are individuals who are vulnerable to the drug, but not every case against the State is the same. The Department and the Defence Forces must make a decision on whether there is a precedent that needs to be adhered to following the settling of a particular case. It is unreasonable of the Deputy to ask me...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I will give the Deputy an assurance that I will raise it with the Minister. The Deputy knows how decisions are made on approval for drugs. I know the issue has been raised many times in this House that drugs that treat very rare conditions are sometimes in a different category. This is the first time I have heard of this particular six year old. I will raise it with the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...between the Minister, Deputy Harris, and Deputy O'Sullivan so she can talk to him in some detail about her specific concerns and proposals in the context of what the HSE is doing, the new national drugs strategy which has recently been published and the review of A Vision for Change. There is a lot happening within the Government to try to grapple with this policy issue. I suspect the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...626 Plan Ireland 1,283,907 Policy areas Human Development Global Funds for TB, Aids and Malaria 10,000,000 International Partnerships for Microbicides 1,000,000 Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation 3,000,000 The Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development 1,000,000 Medicines for Malaria Venture 1,000,000 Global Partnership for Education 4,000,000 Governance,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (25 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020. Furthermore, my Department recently launched the national €2 million Communities Facilities Scheme which is under the remit of my colleague, Catherine Byrne T.D., Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy.  The Communities Facilities Scheme is targeted at both urban and rural areas...