Martin Heydon

secure amendment

To get the Government to amend the treatment of productive assets under the Fair Deal Scheme.::To remove the discrimination and uncertainty for family farms and small businesses to protect their future viability.

To create greater awareness of IFA's ' Let's Talk and Walk' events, which form part the Green Ribbon Campaign, to help address mental health problems::To promote the IFA campaign on addressing mental health issues among farmers

To highlight the need for negotiations in relation to access of Respreeza for Alpha-1 patients in Ireland

To ensure members of the Oireachtas are well informed on the policy issues above

That the Government recognise the inequity for farm families and small businesses in the Fair Deal Scheme.::That the Government will remove the discrimination in the scheme::That the decisions of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the scheme would publish be published::That…

The adoption and implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

To convey to the Committee the importance of a well-resourced general practice in sustaining a viable rural community.

To educate parliamentarians about the links between alcohol and cancer and learn from Scottish experience::To discuss importance of legislation, such as the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, in reducing the rate of cancer in Ireland

To educate Oireachtas members about the HPV vaccine and vaccination programme::To discuss the link between HPV and cancer and the neccessity to protect children from cancer in the future::To outline the facts and safety profile associated with the HPV vaccine.

Highlight potential patient safety concerns about FF private member bill designed to amend the Health Act 2013 to allow biologic medicines be deemed interchangeable, which if so designated by the regulator, would mean that a pharmacist could provide a biosimilar version of the…

Build understanding of the significance of the savings being provided, the mechanisms involved and how this creates significant headroom to reimburse new medicines ensuring Irish patients have timely access to innovative medicines

Build understanding that patients with metastatic breast cancer need new treatments and Pfizer will start seeking reimbursement for Ibrance in Ireland and is hopeful that timely reimbursement will be secured so that patients can get access to this first new therapy in over 10…

Changes to policy on alcohol retail::Changes to government policy on alcohol pricing and taxation

We wished to raise awareness of the need for action on suicide prevention and the importance of local suicide prevention plans.