Results 1-20 of 58 for narcolepsy speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: ...;  The HSE’s Advocacy Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services.  It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder).  Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (17 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ....   The HSE’s Advocacy Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services.  It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder).  Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Unit acts as liaison with service and support providers and other Government Departments to facilitate access to required services. It has also engaged with representatives of SOUND (Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder). Four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators have been appointed as single points of contact to assist patients and their families by providing advice, information and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...xa0; In October 2013, the Government approved (S180/46/01/0005B) the delegation to the State Claims Agency (SCA) of the management of claims in relation to individuals alleging the development of narcolepsy resulting from the administration of the pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the SCA when the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation of Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...xa0; In October 2013, the Government approved (S180/46/01/0005B) the delegation to the State Claims Agency (SCA) of the management of claims in relation to individuals alleging the development of narcolepsy resulting from the administration of the pandemic vaccine. The management of the cases transferred to the SCA when the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation of Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (22 May 2019)

Simon Harris: Work on a centre of excellence for narcolepsy, based in St. James’s Hospital, for treating all forms of narcolepsy in adults and also in children transitioning from the paediatric services, was committed to in the HSE 2018 National Service Plan.   The HSE has confirmed that the construction of the sleep lab is now complete with equipment installed and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (16 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...and fourteen (114) individuals and in seventy (70) of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. However, these cases relate to a purported linkage between the Pandemrix vaccine and narcolepsy rather than Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is responsible for monitoring the safety and quality of all medicines including vaccines that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...SA by one hundred and nine (109) individuals and in 70 of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Apr 2019)

Simon Harris: ....     As the Deputy is aware, the issue referred to in her question is the subject of ongoing litigation where the plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  These cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme Data (28 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...and quality of all medicines, including vaccines, that are licensed in Ireland. The HPRA has advised that, of the reports received to date with clinical information confirming a diagnosis of narcolepsy in relation to individuals vaccinated with Pandemrix, none of the reports where information on the date of vaccination was provided indicate a date of vaccination in 2011. However, there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: Work on a centre of excellence for narcolepsy, based in St. James’s Hospital, for treating all forms of narcolepsy in adults and also in children transitioning from the paediatric services, was committed to in the HSE 2018 National Service Plan. The HSE has confirmed that the construction of the sleep lab is now complete with equipment installed and commissioned. The HSE has also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Biological SA by eighty three (83) individuals and in 62 of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...have been initiated by seventy five individuals, of which, 62 involve the issue and service of legal proceedings.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.   The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: ...SA have been initiated by seventy three individuals and in 61 of these cases formal legal proceedings have been issued. The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. The management of these cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach signed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: ...or matters that are the subject of litigation but I can provide background information on this litigation and clarify matters that are already in the public domain. The Final Report of National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee, “Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010”, published on 19 April 2012, set out...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: The Final Report of National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee, “Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010”, published on 19 April 2012, set out the facts concerning when knowledge of possible side effects from the pandemic influenza vaccine came to the attention of health authorities.  The first reported case...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 May 2018)

Simon Harris: “Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010”, the Final Report of National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee was published on 19 April 2012. The study, which was commissioned by the Department of Health, found there was a significant 13 fold higher risk of narcolepsy in vaccinated compared to unvaccinated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (24 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Minister, the Health Services Executive and GlaxoSmithKline Biological SA have been initiated by seventy individuals.  The plaintiffs allege personal injury in which they claim the development of narcolepsy resulted from the administration of the H1N1 pandemic vaccine.  The management of the cases transferred to the State Claims Agency (SCA) on 15 October 2013 when the Taoiseach...