* To ask the Minister for Health his views that separate policies for reducing the consumption of both legal and illegal cigarettes should be organised by the Health Service Executive and the Office of Tobacco Control, as 20% of all cigarettes consumed are counterfeit. * To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to licence the cannabis derived medicine, Sativex, to alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and whose introduction into here is supported by MS Ireland. – Seán Kyne TD REPLY: Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, the manufacture, production, preparation, sale, supply,… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with a long-term illness or disability will receive an extra allowance or waiver in relation to charges for water usage, particularly when experiencing medical problems such as arthritis, the symptoms of which can be alleviated through the therapeutic use of water.… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 17 May 2011, if the Health Service Executive has responded to the nature of the current arrangements for diabetic healthcare and if he intends to implement all or any of the proposals for improved child and adolescent diabetes services put forward… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to devolve an annual capital budget to schools to enable such schools to plan for capital projects by themselves in a similar manner to that of the devolved scheme method, which was pioneered by a school in Claregalway, County Galway. –… Continue Reading