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Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Terry Leyden: ...at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher, to the House. When I was Minister of State at the then Department of Health in 1987, I was made national chairman of the drugs action committee. It was a revelation to me, coming from a rural constituency, to see the amount of drugs being used at that time, especially in inner-city Dublin. There was not as much...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Liam Twomey: The motion before the House concentrates on illegal drug use and the misuse of alcohol. It does not mention the abuse of prescription drugs to which many people in society are addicted. If we are to deal with such problems, we should consider alcohol and drugs separately. The problem of alcohol can only be solved if there is a change in Irish culture away from binge drinking. Alcohol...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, to the House. It is good to see her present for this important debate on the issue of drugs in society. I spoke last week about alcohol and, briefly, about drug abuse. I did not have time to make a few proposals about the national drugs strategy. A number of regional drug task forces have been established under the strategy, which is running...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

John Gerard Hanafin: Hardly a family in the country is unaffected by the problems attached to drug or alcohol addiction. I am thinking in particular about the new scourge of drugs. During the heroin epidemic of the 1980s it was probably in Dublin's inner city where we first noticed the worst effects of people dying from drugs. In Dublin's Brunswick Street there is a memorial called Home that contains a flame...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Pat Gallagher: I pay tribute to the parties who agreed to this cross-party motion. That there is a cross-party motion is a statement of how serious is the problem of alcohol misuse and illegal drug use. I thank the Members who contributed to this important debate. As the Minister of State with responsibility for health promotion I will focus on alcohol. The Minister of State with responsibility for...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Paul Bradford: ...movement was begun by Father Theobald Matthew. To the best of my knowledge, last Sunday was Temperance Sunday. However, it would appear that in 2008, our problems with alcohol and other drugs, particularly illegal drugs, are greater than ever. One must wonder why. I agree readily with everything Senator Hanafin stated. My colleague, Senator Twomey, mentioned the need for a cultural...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Jim Walsh: Human addiction of any sort is a serious affliction and while the motion deals with the misuse of alcohol and illegal drug use, I would be inclined to add to that the consumption of cigarettes which in itself is injurious and now fully accepted as a serious health hazard. Today, Ash Wednesday, is the appropriate day to talk about that because we all know people who, because of their...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

...: The following motion was moved by Senator Larry Butler on Wednesday, 19 December 2007: Senators: That Seanad Éireann recognises the epidemic in our society of alcohol misuse and illegal drug use, in particular cocaine and related substances, and acknowledges the need for a co-ordinated cross-departmental approach to this problem.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: ...the opportunity to discuss this important matter on a cross-party basis. None of us knows the answer. Why is it that children, by and large, from particular addresses are more likely to be drug addicts than those from elsewhere? This question is at the heart of the issue that must be addressed. Poverty has much to do with the issue. Some children grew up in households where there was...