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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of sunosi, which is used to treat narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnoea in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.971 of 17 January 2017, the status of the provision of promised funding for St. James's Hospital narcolepsy service; when funding will be provided for this clinic; his views on the situation whereby Ireland is one of the only countries in Europe without a dedicated sleep clinic; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 971. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a sleep clinic for a group of persons suffering with narcolepsy (details supplied); if funding will be provided for the provision of this clinic; his views on the situation whereby Ireland is one of the only countries in Europe without a dedicated sleep clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41427/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to children who have contracted narcolepsy as a result of the Pandemrix vaccine for swine flu; the measures that will be undertaken in this regard; when the Memorandum for Government setting out the full response to this issue will be brought before Dáil Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51196/12]

Departmental Reports (24 Apr 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...and Finance, indemnified the suppliers from and against loss and damage in respect of any claim. This was the arrangement for all European countries. Following reports of an increased incidence of narcolepsy in young people who were vaccinated with the Pandemrix vaccine, the Department commissioned a retrospective population-based study to investigate a possible association. Last week...

Seanad: Vaccination Programme (13 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to the House its importance. Epidemiological studies in Finland and Sweden show an association between immunisation against H1N1 with Pandemrix and narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a disabling chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness. A multi-factorial aetiology has been suggested for...

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