Results 3,061-3,080 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: They are getting two minutes.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: You can change the schedule.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: You are the Government. You can change the schedule.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: There is no onus on the Garda to implement the inspectorate's report.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a comprehensive overview of the Government's financial obligations to University College Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Airport Security (21 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role of Garda and immigration officials in the US pre-clearance process to ensure that in the exercise of their public functions, a person's rights under the Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, EU law or international human rights law will not be violated. [12825/17]
- Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is a pilot project.
- Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I suggest that the Deputy read the legislation. It would be a help.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Most of the questions have been answered. My first question relates to the detox programmes. I know the deputation touched on methadone. What other detox programmes does the Prison Service run? Does the service run any other medicated detox programmes apart from methadone? Mr. Donnellan touched on another point. He spoke of the continuation of supports when people are leaving prison....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I asked another question about medicated detox.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (8 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the company or companies contracted by the International Protection Office, IPO, to translate the new protection questionnaire into different languages; if the IPO is satisfied as to the quality of the translations received; if complaints have been received in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12227/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The HPRA is now saying that we should look at establishing an access programme for three specified medical conditions. An outline was given of what the potential access programme could look like. It was said that the programme would be monitored, that it would be for five years and that there would be a centralised data collection point. It was also said that a new legal framework would be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Why does the Health Products Regulatory Authority have a preference for primary legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: But we are still talking a minimum of six months for the establishment of an access programme, even if we go down the secondary legislation route?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am a little confused. The witness has said there have been two licence applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: One has been accepted while one has been denied.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Were both applications from a doctor?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is Mr. Lennon stating that a licence has been granted in one case because the application was from a doctor with an input from a consultant who was willing to monitor the ongoing administration of cannabis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The delegates were asked about side effects. The only studies available relate to recreational use. It is unfair to try to bring them into this debate because we are talking about two completely different scenarios. For example, Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to some prescribed medicines, for example, Prozac. If a person was to take the drug in an unsupervised setting the side effects could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to have an issue cleared up because Vera Twomey will be at Leinster House in 20 minutes. It is still not clear how someone can obtain a licence for cannabis based medicines that include THC. Is it a doctor can prescribe it but a consultant has to sign off on it? Does a consultant has to oversee the administration of it? Can we just be very, very clear exactly what criteria have to...