Results 21-40 of 213 for drugs speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...to an EU approach to some of these rare diseases? The other question is whether there is a pattern in Belgium of big pharma companies putting pressure on the political system to authorise a drug by using families and those who are affected by it. That is the other big challenge being faced by those of us who want to see these drugs being more available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate that. One of the frustrating things for families in Ireland is we have many pharmaceutical families producing the drugs. We are talking about cents to produce the drugs but they charge an absolute fortune to the people of Ireland when they try to access those drugs. I am conscious we are running out of time but before Dr. De Block goes, is the screening programme for rare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: The area of orphan drugs, which was touched on earlier, is one of great anxiety. The technical review committee, TRC, for rare diseases is responsible for the drugs being approved for reimbursement. One of the criticisms that people have is that it meets infrequently. Is that the case? It can deliberate for some time. Are there any plans to reform or review this committee? I suppose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 a significant barrier to the approval of treatment for rare diseases given that it does not include provision for a different rule set when assessing orphan drugs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: One of the exciting things is that there are so many new drugs coming onto the market. Oncologists are talking about life-changing drugs that are coming onto the market. That is the positive message. It goes back to finding a faster way of introducing the drugs to the market. That was one of the reasons for our meeting today. I appreciate the witnesses coming in. The engagement was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...manner as people with diabetes. The question they asked was whether there were any plans to increase the availability and use of CoaguChek meters and self-test strips for people who are on this drug. This also raises another question relating to regionalisation. Who makes a decision on that? Could a region make a decision as regards a new technology or whatever? Will there still be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...in their late 70s were presenting with cocaine at the weekends. This was a recurring thing. The hospital came up with an initiative whereby they put someone in who was working with the local drug services. It gave people who were clearly in addiction a pathway. It is common sense but had not been done up to then. I am not aware if that was rolled out anywhere else. The frustration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before I move on to Deputy Cathal Crowe, Ms Perry is saying that 70% of those with hepatitis C have a history of involvement with drugs. Are some of the other 30% relatives of drug users or is it a completely different cohort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...points in their earlier responses. Ms Perry said in her opening statement that most people become infected with hepatitis C virus by sharing needles or other equipment used to prepare and inject drugs and went on to say it can be shared from blood to blood transmission. Can it be shared through saliva or urine? This is a medical question but it would be helpful for people following...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that if one goes into community-based drug clinics, there are signs displayed throughout them advising people to wash their hands and to be very careful. There is always the chance of a person getting a cut and the virus being passed on in that way. On the fact that there may be no outward sign that people have the virus, most people would think someone who has contracted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...to tackle crack cocaine addiction in my area. Would Mr. Keane envisage his group trying to get people into the system in that way? The importance of the needle exchange programme in tackling drug addiction was stressed in local communities and by community leaders in the past to guard against the passing on of the HIV virus or the hepatitis virus. It was important to help people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is true that many of the services are concentrated in Dublin, but there are a lot of people in addiction in Dublin and we have only a tiny idea of the number of people engaged in drug misuse in the region. It is an issue throughout Ireland now but intravenous drug use, in particular, remains significant in Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...like a sexually transmitted disease, STD, whereby people do not talk about it in public. On the issue of the silent killer hepatitis amounting to a death sentence and so on, there are antiviral drugs and there is a cure, which is the main message. Our guests referred to the idea of telling people to self-test, the efficacy of that and what happens when someone finds out they have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...trained in risk and crisis management given the service CAMHS provide. The report states it is not a priority but I would have thought it would have been a priority at that time. Anti-psychotic drugs were mentioned by some of the members. One of the recommendations of the report is that guidelines should be drawn up. What was the protocol for prescribing these powerful mood-altering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...? The witnesses spoke about the pressure people were under and so on. Everything was abnormal. Alcohol sales were probably also up during that period. There is anecdotal evidence about illegal drug sales. How were they getting drugs into the country during lockdown? We were doing many things that we would not do normally. Hopefully, as we move out of this madness that will not...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: When some groups involved in the drugs task forces appeared before the committee they spoke of the challenges facing many community due to crack cocaine crisis.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am referring to the crack cocaine and drug crisis. The figures show a reduction in the allocation for the drugs initiative under subhead B3. Can the Minister provide more information on funding allocated for the national drugs strategy? Many of the groups that appeared before the committee said the crack cocaine epidemic is impacting on many communities and those communities have...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: To follow on the drugs issue, part of the challenge is that the funding model that has been used in the past in relation to allocation of funds to drugs task forces clearly needs to be looked at. When the Minister was in, he said they would look at that. We have a situation where some drugs task forces are on less money now than they were a number of years ago. That is unacceptable,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: 929. To ask the Minister for Health if a recent examination has been undertaken of the drug and alcohol task forces’ catchment areas with a view to the changing needs for resources and funding; if so, when it was undertaken; and the details of same. [8457/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: There is no mention of the citizens' assembly on drugs in the spring legislative programme. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Feighan, was before the Joint Committee on Health last week where he made a number of references to the assembly. He was talking of a way of dealing with the difficult outstanding issues and progressing them. Is this still a priority of...