Results 21-25 of 25 for drugs speaker:James Lawless

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

James Lawless: ...smoothly. I look forward to what I think is going to be a very interesting discussion. The topic is an examination of the current approach to sanctions for the possession of certain amount of drugs for personal use. It is a little bit of a long-winded way to say decriminalisation. We are examining whether the current approach of sanctions, including legal sanctions, work...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

James Lawless: ...need to resource, grow and extend the staff available in order to grow our outreach around the world. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, will share this view. In terms of the Food and Drug Administration, this is something we could explore in respect of the pharmaceutical industry. Flipping the matter on its head, if we could invite an FDA outpost here it could be...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: ...in section 2(a) of the Act. Judicial discretion does not always work. We know that sometimes if a court may do something it often does not do it. We need look no further than section 15A of the Misuse of Drugs Act for a comparison. The latter was an attempt to introduce mandatory minimum sentencing for serious offences relating to drugs and the intent to supply. There was provision...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: ...questions have been asked by people in this Chamber and by the family and others. Was he a confidential informant? Were there other reasons? Was discretion correctly applied in terms of drugs charges? The family deserve to know the answer to those questions and have those traversed in a public open forum, if necessary, of an adversarial nature, where they can be cross-examined and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

James Lawless: ...probation officer, from the Probation Service; Mr. Richard Guiney, CEO, and Mr. Gerard Farrell, director of operations, from Dublin Town; Ms Carol Hyland, project leader, and Mr. Thomas McCarthy, drug and alcohol youth worker, from Core Youth Services; Ms Molly Joyce, acting executive director, and Ms Sarahjane McCreery, senior policy and research officer, from Irish Penal Reform Trust;...