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Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
950. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the engagement his Department has undertaken since 25 July 2019 with the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries to adapt supply chains to minimise potential disruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
951. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if monitoring to ensure that adequate stocks of medicines are routinely built into the medicine supply chain here has been increased since 25 July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
952. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a no-deal Brexit will not have an immediate impact on the supply of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
955. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Brexit operations team in his Department has met since 25 July 2019. [35482/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
956. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the further assessments that have taken place since 25 July 2019 of the extent to which Brexit may cause those with a small share of a particular medicine market to consider the ongoing viability of supply here; and the measures that have been put in place in relation to same. [35483/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
957. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the engagement his Department and the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, have had since 25 July 2019 with the European Commission to identify the most appropriate means to mitigate the risk to the supply of medical devices posed by a no-deal Brexit. [35485/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
959. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if monitoring to ensure that adequate stocks of medicines are routinely built into the medicine supply chain has been stepped up since 25 July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35493/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Brexit Preparations
John Brassil
960. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the established multi-stakeholder procedures that are in place to anticipate and manage medicine shortages in the context of a no-deal Brexit. [35497/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Pension Provisions
John Brassil
1180. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if an outstanding pension and arrears payment to be made to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36100/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Hospital Facilities
John Brassil
1271. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to staff to run the DEXA scanner at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36441/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
John Brassil
1277. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of duodopa for Parkinson's disease patients in view of the fact that the health technology assessment process has been completed by the NCPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36471/19]
Fri, 6 Sep 2019
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JobPath Programme
John Brassil
1904. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will direct Turas Nua to cease contacting a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36841/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Tax Data
John Brassil
185. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance the tax take from the tourism and hospitality sector for the first six months of 2018, for the full 2018 tax year and the first six months of 2019, respectively; the projected tax take for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Chronic Disease Management Programme
John Brassil
1277. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned 2019 review for the models of care for chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32467/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Medicinal Products Data
John Brassil
1278. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the governance review of the drugs approval and procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32468/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Health Services Data
John Brassil
1279. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of proposals for multi-annual budgeting in the healthcare system; if consideration is being given to creating multi-annual budgets for the reimbursement of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32469/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Medicinal Products Prices
John Brassil
1280. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the involvement of Ireland in the BeNeLuxA initiative on pharmaceutical policy; if Ireland will automatically reimburse drugs reviewed as part of this process and unilaterally reimbursed by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32470/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Cancer Services Funding
John Brassil
1281. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request the creation of a cancer drugs fund to increase access to the latest cancer therapies in view of concerns raised by clinicians and patient groups that Ireland will fail to meet its five-year survival rate improvement targets for cancer as set out in the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32473/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Rare Diseases Strategy
John Brassil
1282. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new national plan for rare diseases; if the plan will have clear targets for increasing the availability of orphan drugs here; if the plan will establish clear targets for timely diagnosis of a rare disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32474/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Medicinal Products Availability
John Brassil
1283. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the creation of a national medicines strategy containing clear steps to improve the availability of medicines here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32475/19]