Results 21-38 of 38 for drugs speaker:Gerry Horkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...I am talking about the 185 fatalities of last year. The coroner and An Garda Síochána have investigated these particular fatalities. What did they identify as the main cause? Was it speeding, drugs or alcohol? Was it a combination? What historical data has identified particular things? What did it show? I attended the road safety conference and it was very good. We know...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2019)

Gerry Horkan: ...its equipment. It is important that we keep an eye on how the HSE is spending its money. It is important that it be funded adequately to provide the services required. The availability of Spinraza, a drug to treat the condition of spinal muscular atrophy, has been raised in the House many times. It is welcome that the NHS has approved it for use in England and Wales, leaving Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerry Horkan: ...attending. I appreciate the work they are doing. While there is science behind it, we all know the problems. If I am right, and I picked it up from all of them, those problems stem from alcohol, drugs, speeding, tiredness, losing attention and forgetting that one is driving a large dangerous piece of equipment. One of my questions is about Vision Zero, which is fantastic. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...are distracted. Possibly, the same applies to changing the radio station or looking at the satnav. Let us all pay more attention and have less distraction. Do not drink and drive, do not take drugs and drive and so on. We will be a bit safer. We look forward to engaging with the witnesses in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...on the roads would acknowledge that we do not see huge amounts of Garda vehicles or checkpoints that are able to check for whatever bad driving is going on, whether it is speeding, drink-driving or drug-driving. Is there any emphasis within this report on people feeling that they are more likely to get caught? It seems that people do not think they are going to get caught and therefore...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...car is heavier or full of people, it may be different from negotiating the roads when the car is lighter and only has one person in it. There are many factors, including speeding and the use of drugs, alcohol and mobile phones. We need to revisit the issue. Every debate we have on the matter and every bit more publicity we bring to it is very important. I urge the Leader to arrange for...

Seanad: EU Regulations (Police Co-operation on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings): Motion (11 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...way. Migrants' movement is big business. There is no doubt about that. A lot of money is being made by people in this. That is then going on to fund other activities in terms of maybe arms, drugs and so on. Therefore fighting and preventing migrants from moving is one of the priorities of the European Union and is essential to dismantling organised crime networks that cause human...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...to say it is not happening everywhere else, but they are the biggest factors. The biggest risk factors are night-time, in the dark, weekends from Friday to Sunday, speeding, intoxication by both drugs and alcohol and the simple things like wearing seat-belts and not using your mobile phone. These are all the evidence based fatalities, as the witnesses have said. We must all pay a little...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...get into a car or a motor vehicle of any kind, we are in a big, powerful lump of metal. Distracted driving is one of the biggest problems, along with speeding, looking at mobile phones and having drugs or alcohol in one's system. All of these things are the causes of road safety deteriorating. The numbers are going in the wrong direction. As we progress into the summer, more people...

Seanad: European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: ...was caught in Belgium, an attacker of the Brussels Jewish museum who was arrested in France, a failed London bomber who was caught in Italy, a German serial killer tracked down in Spain, a suspected drug smuggler from Malta who was surrendered by the UK, and a gang of armed robbers sought by Italy whose members were arrested in six different EU countries. Therefore, it is a very effective...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...allocated for disability assessments, while personal assistant hours, home help hours and home care packages have been increased significantly. Prescription costs are to be cut by 50 cent for those aged over 70 years, while the threshold for the drug payment scheme is to reduced by €10. Fianna Fáil has again secured an increase in social welfare payments of €5 this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...of the AILG, a regional authority or assembly and a health forum, one has to declare the meetings one attends, even those for which one is not paid. A councillor cannot claim for theatre boards or drug task forces, but he or she still has to recuse himself or herself. The minute a councillor leaves something out, he or she could be caught. It might not be done deliberately. It might...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...of patients face a severe drop in income while at the same time running up extra bills on a range of items such as home heating, parking, child care, travel, prescription charges, hospital stays, over-the-counter drugs, consultant visits, dental care, physiotherapy and clothing and personal care. A medical card is designed to be available for those who are suffering financial hardship as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...% in this year. The points about education, enforcement and so on are very valid. How many of the 186 actions have been implemented and how many are on the way? I very much welcome the mandatory drug testing. It is surprising it was not there before. Equally, it is very welcome. That people who committed multiple offences were not being penalised for them is almost like they were...

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Gerry Horkan: ...he disappeared. I hope that the individual in question is discovered safe and well but gambling is an enormous problem for some people. It is very invidious and is a silent addiction in some ways. When people drink too much or take too many drugs, that becomes apparent but gambling has cost people their jobs, their houses and caused untold horror and terror for their families. As...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...rate, which is very important. In 2018, the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, was allocated €55 million to tackle hospital waiting lists. We secured a 50 cents reduction in prescription charges for those aged under 70 and a reduction in the drug payment scheme threshold from €144 to €134. We also secured increases in personal assistance hours, home help hours...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: ...authorities, business organisations, community groups and residents association must also be involved. All of these various organisations must come together to address the problems and point out where there are issues with drug dealing or illegal dumping, for example. Streets that are clean tend to stay clean. Streets that are dirty tend to get worse because people think it is fine and...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...It is acknowledged that we are spending a lot of money, but we are not seeing as much of a return as I would like to see for that money. For working families and those with long-term and chronic conditions, the reduction in the drugs payment scheme threshold is welcome. The reduction in prescription charges is also welcome in terms of alleviating daily and weekly health costs. Boosting...