Results 1-20 of 38 for drugs speaker:Gerry Horkan

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

Gerry Horkan: ...’s system faster. The test used to read “Pass”, “Fail” and “Zero”. If someone passed, there might be something in his or her system, but it was below the limit. Is the case with drugs the same? People take drugs and probably do not realise those have an effect on their systems. In a drugs test, is the fail level the level above which...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...eyes. Up to 30% of people who experience shingles develop nerve pain known as post-herpetic neuralgia that can last for months or, in rare cases, longer, which needs treatment with pharmaceutical drugs and so on. Around 10% to 25% of those have symptoms that affect the area around the eye, potentially leading to scarring and vision problems. Shingles is also associated with an increased...

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

Gerry Horkan: ...one thing. Alcohol can be a factor, but speeding is also a factor. Wet conditions late at night, snow or ice can be a factor. What are the main factors in the fatalities? Is it more speed than drugs? Is it more drugs than alcohol? What are the causes of fatalities and significant and life-changing injuries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Seat belts account for 40% of the fatalities referred to. What are the other main issues? Is it speed, drugs, drink-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I saw that there is a second one to deal with racial abuse and drug dealing and taking, in particular.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Again, drug-taking should not be considered normal.

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

Gerry Horkan: Is that primarily drug dealing?

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

Gerry Horkan: Part of antisocial behaviour would be drug dealing. What else is antisocial behaviour?

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

Gerry Horkan: This would be because there would be a sufficient level of drugs in their system for it to considered dangerous for driving.

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

Gerry Horkan: I know we are talking about road safety but people who fail the blood test are not then prosecuted for being in possession of drugs as well.

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

Gerry Horkan: But if drugs were found in the car-----

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

Gerry Horkan: They could be done for possession of drugs as well as being over the limit.

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

Gerry Horkan: I do not want to target anywhere but is drink-driving and drug-driving more prevalent in urban or rural areas? Does it occur on small country lanes where people think they will not get caught or in urban areas where the volume of traffic is higher? Where does it tend to occur?

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

Gerry Horkan: Correct, yes. I think we all approve of mandatory drug testing. Multiple offences will be caught which are not at the moment. It is not as big a piece of legislation as perhaps some think. The speed limit part is the bit about which I think we all have concerns. I think the Minister of State addressed a lot of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: That is no problem. The Deputy is welcome. I am glad that Deputy Kenny has returned. He missed Ms Armstrong’s anecdote about how, when she went over a speed ramp, all the drugs on the upper deck scattered all over the place and she was worried that people were about to come down and attack her because they had lost their product. It seems to be happening more often than we might like.

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

Gerry Horkan: ..., the fine can be doubled but the penalty points cannot. It is giving the ability to change penalty points without primary legislation and secondary legislation. It is providing for mandatory drug testing, which I think we all welcome.

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

Gerry Horkan: ...had geofencing and something like a breathalyser test before they engage. People can sign a waiver, but it is more than that. There is a sobriety test of some type. That would probably not catch drugs, but it would be for alcohol. However, from next week if a garda sees somebody who looks ten, 11 or 12 years old, they will be pursued.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I will start with a bit of good news. I welcome the long-awaited deal struck between the Department of Health and Vertex to provide the life-saving drug, Orkambi, to cystic fibrosis patients. Campaigners have been appealing to the Minister for Health for well over 18 months for this drug, which will radically change the lives of more than 1,000 people who suffer from cystic fibrosis. There...