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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I do not care what Deputy Crowe is saying, I am cutting him off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I know. Deputy Crowe is grandstanding at this stage. Does the Minister of State want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Durkan should give the speaker the floor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am not taking a point of order. Deputy Durkan should allow the exchange to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: We have come to the end of this questioning session. Senator Conway is next to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: Okay. We are going to move on to Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I ask the Deputy to stop talking. I am in the Chair-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I will follow on from that with the Minister of State. He is speaking about the informative report. However, the task force in the area will say that there has been no formal engagement. There have been reports from Ballymun and Finglas and there have been other reports, particularly around crack cocaine and the challenges facing many communities. Will there be some sort of formal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: People are saying to me, and this is my view as well, that they have never seen it as bad. Open drug dealing has been mentioned. The amount of crack cocaine, as well as the fact that people are being addicted to crack cocaine, is the game changer that people are worried about. It is having an impact not only on individuals, families and children within those families, but also on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: The disparity of funding needs to be looked at. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State is starting to make those changes. I have been on the task forces practically since they were established so I have seen a lot of changes, many of them positive. I still do not understand how the funding model the Department has been using came about. Perhaps the Minister of State could write a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I ask the Minister of State to provide a note on some of those outstanding issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister of State have a view on the task forces and the different Departments? Does he think it would be a good idea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is touch and go with some strategy agencies attending drug task forces right across the country. Some areas have good attendance and others do not. It is something that needs to be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: Will Deputy Durkan ask his questions, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: Let the Minister of State answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach does not want to respond to the question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: There is no mention of the citizens' assembly on drugs in the spring legislative programme. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Feighan, was before the Joint Committee on Health last week where he made a number of references to the assembly. He was talking of a way of dealing with the difficult outstanding issues and progressing them. Is this still a priority of...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: The brutal murder of Ashling Murphy has appalled us all. It has also shone a light on what women in this country have had to live with forever. Last night I watched a programme on television that highlighted the case of the Kerry babies. Joanne Hayes is another woman whose life was destroyed by a sustained campaign of institutional violence against her that lasted almost 40 years. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Crowe: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the Government with regard to Irish banks, particularly those that are largely in State hands, freezing or suspending the accounts of customers who conduct personal banking with Iran-based bank accounts. [4100/22]