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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...in developing a community safety plan in each local authority area. It will allow each partnership to deal with issues of community safety which are not strictly within the criminal justice system (e.g. drug misuse, youth services, public lighting, integration and diversity issues). The Community Safety Plan will be a matter for each Partnership once established. In order to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Gino Kenny: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many minors or people aged under 18 years have been charged with possession of a controlled drug for personal use for each of the year 2017 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the Scheme at the following link on the Garda website: www.garda.ie/en/about-us/publications/policy-documents/adult -cautioning-scheme-policy-document-feb-21-.pdf Offences under Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended) for possession of cannabis or cannabis resin, a controlled substance, were added to the Adult Cautioning Scheme from 14 December 2020. Only offences from that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2024)

James Browne: ...issue in one or more geographical areas.The subgroup to review Garda powers has produced a policy paper with recommendations focused on offences under the Public Order Acts, but not serious crime, such as drugs and organised crime, and not low-level nuisances such as litter, graffiti, etc. for which Gardaí do not have responsibility.The scramblers subgroup delivered a community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...allocated to An Garda Síochána in recent years have enabled the Garda Commissioner to assign extra resources to the specialist units involved in tackling organised crime, including the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Armed Support Unit and the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). Since 2015, over €345m...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which membership of criminal gangs or those associated with drug crimes has decreased or increased in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to open with an explanation as to what HHC is and its current legal position. Tetrahydrocannabinol, known as THC, is the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, is a Schedule 1 controlled drug in the Misuse of Drugs Regulations and is subject to the strictest of controls. Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is a derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) but it is not a Schedule 1 controlled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...In circumstances where an applicant is still over the income limit for a medical card, they are then assessed for a GP visit card, which entitles the applicant to GP visits without charge. The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) ensures that no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines/medical items. The DPS significantly reduces the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: A Ministerial Licence issued pursuant to Section 14 for the Misuse of Drugs entitles the clinician licensee to prescribe, import, supply , possess and administer a cannabis-based product containing Tetrahydrocannabinol. The decision on what to prescribe is a clinical decision in which neither the Minister for Health nor the Department of Health has a role. As the products are Schedule 1...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Matt Shanahan: ...of applications to the HSE via the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, medicines review group every year, especially in the area of orphan diseases. The Minister will be aware that a number of drugs have come onto the scheme, perhaps more than 150 in recent years. Another 150 are probably out there for specific groups of patients. This will always create a difficult economic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ..., in which the originating incident location was identified as ‘Curragh Camp’ or ‘The Curragh’. The most common arrest reason given was ‘Driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs’. The Garda authorities further advise that following a review of incident narratives, there is no indication in any case that arrests were made specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (21 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct drug harm-reduction campaigns aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer; his plans to roll out the use of ‘back of house’ drug checking through the use of surrender bins, which was piloted last summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Grealish: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the provision of melatonin on the list of drugs available under the medical card scheme for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Regulations (20 Feb 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Christopher O'Sullivan: .... The time now is for action. More concerningly, as I said in my opening statement, big red flags are being waved by the likes of the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and drug addiction centres. They are seeing these kids come in in bigger numbers every week. I do not mean to shoot the messenger. The Minister of State is here reading an answer on behalf of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: No, not about the mouldy bread, although I think that is how penicillin was discovered. There might be some upsides to it. Big pharma in Waterford might develop a new drug. I thank the Minister for being so proactive in this. I was just doing the mathematics. I am not a mathematician, but break downing the €2.1 million servicing 34 schools in County Kerry where 3,854 children...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I want to put on the record that the Irish authorities have been very successful in recent months in stopping drugs being smuggled into the country. I want to recognise the contribution of An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and the Revenue Commissioners, which work in consort with counterparts in other parts of Europe and around the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...' groups in a Dublin 1 area, from Buckingham Street around to Talbot Street. Their issues are ones that have been replicated over the last number of years. There is chronic law-breaking and open drug dealing and when the residents call the gardaí none arrives. The Minister will be familiar with the area. It is where the Minister for Justice took a much-lauded walk a couple of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... A brief update on each Bill is provided below. Road Traffic Bill The Road Traffic Bill allows for reforms to the penalty points regime, reduces certain default speed limits, and makes testing for drugs mandatory following serious road traffic collisions. This Bill was published on 25 January 2024, and passed second stage in Dáil Éireann on 13 February 2024. It is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Jim O'Callaghan: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional detective sergeant and detective inspector to each Garda divisional drugs unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...supports. It is intended that the enhanced medical card will ensure the provision, without charge, of the following primary and community health services for those eligible:GP services;prescribed drugs, medicines, aids and appliancesdental, ophthalmic and aural services;home nursing;home support;counselling;chiropody/podiatry; andphysiotherapy.As well as the above services, it is intended...