Results 1-20 of 229 for long speaker:Seán Kyne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if Addison's disease will be added to the list of illnesses on the long term illness scheme in view of the increase in the cost of essential medication to treat this life-long illness. [29282/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Would it be the case that those who suffer from long Covid would have been more inclined to respond than those who had not had any medium- or long-term issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Does that have an impact in the context of diagnosing long Covid? Is there a reluctance to diagnose long Covid because some specialists are waiting to see whether, even though something may be Covid-related, it is asthma, sleep apnoea or whatever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank Dr. Lambert for being here and for his work and advocacy on behalf of long Covid sufferers. Does he think that society and employers need more assurance that this is something that is really impacting on people? I feel that society has not accepted that long Covid is something that is real and impacting on people's lives and on their ability to perform in their jobs or live normal...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: Presumably once the Bill is enacted it will be sent for translation immediately so it is a question of how long that will take. Presumably they will be working as hard as they can. While I agree with Deputy Calleary on the need to ensure all Bills are provided in Irish, this is a substantial and very technical Bill. It is in order that we allow the amendment as long as it is enacted as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chair. I welcome Ms O'Connell and her colleagues from Long Covid Advocacy Ireland. I have to leave at around 10.30 a.m. to go to the Seanad for a matter and to chair that session. I will be back after that. The testimonies LCAI provided this morning and in its submission are quite difficult. I can only imagine the impact that long Covid has had on sufferers and their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...HSE will be before the committee later. Its opening statement mentions that its interim model of care "is broadly in line with other models internationally." It further states the HSE has, "Six Long Covid clinics [that] are operational and receiving patients, with each clinic supported by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in the management of Long COVID", that it has filled 53.6...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...mar ionad buan mar gheall ar an moill atá ar an dtogra nua. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an tuairisc measúnú stráitéiseach ag an Roinn Sláinte faoi láthair, ach cén uair a cheadóidh an Roinn é le go mbeidh cead an togra a bhrú ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad chéim eile? I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Benefits Data (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...most recent LFS figures available are for Q4 2018. In Q4 2018, the number of persons aged 15-74 years in the labour force was 2,398,800, of which 50,100 persons aged 15-74 years were classified as long-term (one year and over) unemployed. The long-term unemployment rate for persons aged 15-74 for Q4 2018 was 2.1%. The LFS does not record the number of persons in receipt of a long-term...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...on 25 January, the principal officer at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage stated: As the committee is aware, large numbers of properties have been withdrawn from the long-term rental market in recent years for use as more lucrative short-term lettings, in particular in larger urban centres where housing demand and need is most acute. This trend, which has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (30 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: ...with and without aided breathing apparatus, for the taking of shellfish principally scallops but also other shellfish such as lobsters or crayfish. It is considered that removing the prohibition would disadvantage long standing fishermen who employ established harvest methods, many of whom have invested very significantly in ensuring their fishing...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate when the measure to extend medical card provision to persons on the long term illness scheme, as announced by budget 2012, will be introduced. [5488/12]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1253: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including Crohn's disease on the list for the long term illness scheme in view of its debilitating and prolonged nature [18239/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the extension of general practitioner cards to those persons on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48130/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Numbers (22 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of citizens included on the long-term illness scheme; and the progress of plans to furnish general practitioner visit cards to persons with illnesses covered by this scheme. [3042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (22 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of illnesses included under the long term illness scheme [3043/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It has a long history and was operated through Galway Rural Development at the same time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: 1122. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the introduction of generic medication; and if there will be an obligation on persons on the long-term illness scheme or with medical cards to accept generic medicines. [46280/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including the medication, fampyra, for multiple sclerosis on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/14]

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

Seán Kyne: How long will it take for the board to assess it?