Results 41-60 of 95 for drugs speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Topical Issue Matters (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - funding to the Moat Club, Naas, County Kildare; (5) Deputy Noel Rock - the extension of Gaelscoil Cholmcille, Oscar Traynor Road; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for progress on CF drugs Orkambi and Kalydco; (7) Deputy Josepha Madigan - to address the delayed report into the re-opening of six Garda stations; (8) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the CLÁR programme...

Topical Issue Matters (19 Jan 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...na Móna plants at Kilberry County Kildare and Cuil na Móna County Laois; (16) Deputy Carol Nolan - the provision of assessments for children with special educational needs; (17) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - access to the drug Nusinersen for children here with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, SMA1; (18) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan - when the new emergency department will open at University...

Topical Issue Matters (18 Jan 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...; (17) Deputy John Brassil - the NCPE decision on the Respreeza medication; (18) Deputy John Lahart - the decision to close St. Brigid's nursing home in south Dublin; (19) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - access to the drug nusinersen for children here with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, SMA1; (20) Deputy Thomas Byrne - Garda resources in east Meath; (21) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - the conditions in...

Topical Issue Matters (9 Nov 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - pensions inequality when taking a career break to care for children or the elderly; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the inclusion of the Orkambi drug in the long-term illness scheme; (3) Deputy Josepha Madigan - anti-social behaviour in Stepaside, County Dublin; (4) Deputy Peter Burke - a sustainable future for the Imperial Tobacco...

Topical Issue Matters (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...and competitiveness in the Irish road haulage industry; (10) Deputy Niamh Smyth - review of the post-primary school transport scheme in Cavan-Monaghan; (11) Deputy Eugene Murphy - reimbursement for patients who use the Fampyra drug as part of their treatment for multiple sclerosis; (12) Deputy Lisa Chambers - the publication of the Defence Forces climate survey; (13) Deputy Mary Butler -...

Message from Select Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has no made amendments thereto.

Adjournment Debate Matters (8 Jun 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 23(3) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - resourcing the Cavan-Monaghan drug and alcohol awareness services through increased funding and staffing; (2) Deputy David Cullinane - an urgent and targeted response to the Central Statistics Office's quarterly...

Adjournment Debate Matters (31 May 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Lisa Chambers - the status of the N5 Westport to Turlough road project in County Mayo; (2) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - resourcing the Cavan Monaghan drug and alcohol awareness services in terms of funding and staffing; (3) Deputy David Cullinane - the need for an urgent and targeted response to the Central Statistics Office's...

Adjournment Debate Matters (17 May 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...for fishermen of SI No. 125 of 2016, the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2016; (9) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the need to introduce supervised injecting facilities for persons with drug problems; (10) Deputies Ruth Coppinger and Mick Barry - the industrial dispute between Luas tram drivers and the operators of the Luas service, Transdev; and (11) Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...the current housing crisis, some might provide suitable accommodation to those in need of housing while others might be usefully converted into community centres. Finally, I wish to refer to the drugs problem, which the Taoiseach must accept is at crisis point in both rural and urban areas. Often when we speak about drugs, we talk about our cities and large towns but we all know that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional funding available to the South Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force given the proposal from Athy Community Addiction Response in County Kildare, which has requested such funding from the task force but which has been declined on the basis of there being no more available from its 2016 allocation; and if he will make a...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...was captain of LE Orla,he was honoured by becoming the Navy's first second-officer recipient of the distinguished service medal in recognition of the role played by his ship in the detention of the drug smuggling yacht Brime. He is a founding member of the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster and a member of the governing authority. In 2009 je received a PhD in political science...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...into the rate of Lariam-related suicide in the Defence Forces; if he will include in the terms of reference for any such study, that it examines the Health Products Regulatory Authority's adverse drug reaction listing for Lariam, which has found that of all reported reactions to Lariam, over one quarter are related to suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25089/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...respond to Dr. Franz Humer, the chairman of Roche, which manufactures Lariam? As far back as 2007, at the annual general meeting of the company, he stated that Lariam used to be the most important drug in the fight against malaria. In the meantime, however, science has advanced, and more effective anti-malarials with better side-effect profiles are now available. Why, then, does Lariam...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...were prescribed Lariam? I used Lariam myself on my first visit to Africa, to no obvious ill effect, it would appear. However, I have met people who have manifestly suffered as a result of using this drug. I put it to the Minister that he, or someone who succeeds him, will end up standing up in this House and giving an account of why the Department of Defence continued to stand over the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...and I have raised it myself. I thought I had a certain sense from the Minister, when it was last raised, that he may have been slightly more open than his predecessor to looking at the impact of this drug. The stories I am hearing - I am hearing even more of them - are extremely alarming, to put it at its mildest, in terms of the impact of this drug on some people who use it.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Service is working with a company (details supplied) in County Cork on developing compatible drone technology in order to extend the Service's operational deployment reach in fishery protection and drug and criminal interdiction at sea, if he will confirm that these reports are correct; and the formal arrangements in place for this technology co-operation. [12156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 340. To ask the Minister for Health when a full re-imbursement will be made under the drug payment scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6637/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the process to be followed, where, in relation to the drugs payment scheme, more than one dispensing chemist is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence regarding the deployment by the Defence Forces of one doctor and three medical NCOs to Sierra Leone if Lariam is being prescribed as an anti-malarial drug for these personnel; the other nations that are sending personnel on this mission; the anti-malaria medication that is being prescribed for personnel from other nations; and if he will make a statement on...