Results 21-40 of 216 for drugs speaker:Thomas Gould

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...not forced to turn people away. When people need help, whether for mental health issues or for addiction issues, they need support. We welcome the announcement this week of a citizens' assembly on drugs to begin work in April. We will engage with it and we hope it will be as positive as the other citizens' assemblies have been. In saying this, I note the Government intends to delay the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given by the Cork drug and alcohol taskforce to an organisation (details supplied) in Cork and the number of stays utilised in the facility since 2020 by year in tabular form. [6153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (15 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the role that her Department is playing in the national drugs strategy. [62692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be given to each of the drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023. [61282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health diversion approach to drugs. [60536/22]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...see. Sections 28 and 29 deal with the authority's annual report and the three-year strategy. I would like to see this strengthened to include deliverable actions. We saw this with the national drugs strategy and while there was a lot of disappointment at the failure to deliver, the actions allowed for transparency and monitoring of the objectives. That is good and positive in that we...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...know people who have died. I know families that have been destroyed. I knew two people who were in the throes of addiction and who took their lives this year because their families were being threatened because of drug debts - two young men who hanged themselves. I had written a speech. We have to do something, and it needs to be done now. It should be the first thing to happen...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The European Drug Report 2022 states that there has been a worrying increase in crack cocaine use in Belgium, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. This is a massive problem that is placing a major strain on services. Those addicted to crack cocaine behave differently and require different treatment from those who are addicted to heroin. We desperately need a concerted effort across...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 866. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in 2022, in tabular form. [54831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [53843/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Both Deputy McDonald and I have raised the north inner-city drug and alcohol task force on multiple occasions with the Taoiseach over the past year and a half. Progress has been glacial, even by the Department of Health's standards. As a result, the task force in effect remains shut down. This represents a wider shift away from evidence-based community addiction responses. Fine Gael...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to be given to each of the local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023, in tabular form. [50987/22]

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...about people paying well over €10,000 extra a year for the same standard of living today. Many of the workers who come under this motion have seen no increases in their pay. These are front-line workers. They are drugs workers, youth workers, community employment workers, mental health workers and people working with people with disabilities. These are people who are changing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the planned funding for Drug and Alcohol Taskforces in 2023. [48953/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...family members, friends or themselves. The Minister has failed to deliver for every single one of those people in the budget that was announced yesterday. We would have restored power to the community sector. Drug and alcohol task forces are still operating with 11% less funding than they had 11 years ago. The Minister did not add one red cent to those this year. How can the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Substance Misuse (15 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: 101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the role that her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [45088/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (14 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last meeting of the strategic implementation group under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [39247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 776. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [39211/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on work being done by his Department to prepare for the Citizen’s Assembly on Drugs. [39214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of funding to the north inner-city drugs and alcohol task force. [39246/22]