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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (13 Dec 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...of the Naval Service is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with our obligations as a member of the EU, it also carries out a number of other non-fishery related tasks including drug interdiction, search and rescue, and maritime defence and security operations (MDSO). The Naval Service has recently adopted an three ship operational posture which sees the P60 class...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (13 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...agencies in developing a community safety plan in each local authority area. It will allow each partnership to deal with issues of safety which are not strictly within the criminal justice system (e.g. drugs, youth services, public lighting, integration and diversity issues). An independent evaluation had been undertaken since the pilot partnerships commenced, and the final report of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 248. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will approve the drug Palforzia from a company (details supplied), given that the European Medicines Agency has already approved the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55714/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Servicers Directive: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have a statement more than a question. Drug dealers and criminals get legal aid. Surely families trying to keep their homes and trying to provide for themselves and their children should be entitled to legal aid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

...into hospital - and it was not for a day or a week. I am talking about long stays. Lifestyle management is a huge part of this, as is how we live with the disease and how we manage and access drugs. I refer to simple things like generic drugs and the supply chain. I and other cardiovascular patients depend on medicines. I cannot afford to miss one dose or not to take medicine....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

James Browne: ...from An Garda Síochána and the PSNI have highlighted the practical value in the continuing excellent level of co-operation and operational activity between the agencies in tackling various types of crime, be it a drug war, financial or the trafficking of human adults or children. There is excellent co-operation between the two police services.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...homeless accommodation outside of the place they had their last private rented accommodation. Those reasons include people fleeing domestic violence or difficult family break-ups. They could be fleeing a drug debt or intimidation. We have also had situations where, let us say, people originally from Dublin rented in Wexford, the tenancy broke down, they became homeless and they came...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...approximately €1 billion per annum to health spending. When wages and inflation are included, the annual standstill costs average at €1.6 billion. That is before one looks at new services, innovation or drugs or any of the reform programme that is currently under way. There can be no denying that the Government is knowingly underfunding the health service this year and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: .... These are real increases. We allocated an additional €92 million today in the REV. While the Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Stephen Donnelly, have to work out exactly how that will be allocated, some will be for new drugs in 2024 because they are needed, and some will be for the nursing home support scheme to make sure we do not see an increase in waiting times for the fair...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Leo Varadkar: On the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, I have not received the report yet. The practice would be to present it to the Cabinet and the Oireachtas and then refer it to an Oireachtas joint committee for further consideration. I am not sure whether that would be the committee on health or on justice, or both in the circumstances, but we will make that decision once the report is received. I...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...to serve on boards. We see many people in our prison system now leaving there and going to university to study criminology, sociology, etc. I have two friends now with PhDs who cannot get any sort of work in any area they have studied in. I think they would be an asset to any board, and especially this board. At the level of the drug task forces, we have also struggled to get people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

...the patient, David Tasma, requested more from Cicely Saunders than traditional medical care. He said, “I only want what is in your heart and mind.” Palliative care is not just about giving drugs for pain or other symptoms. Our scalpel is building honest relationships and being with people as accompanists in the last phase of life. This work parallels that of a midwife....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Seizures (12 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the value and volume of seizures of crack-cocaine and heroin in Limerick since the conclusion of Operation Copóg; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54638/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...a comprehensive Cost-of-Living package to help families; · comprehensive programme of dialogues and research by the Shared Island Unit underpinned by the Shared Island Fund; · the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use and the Final Report which is due by the end of the year and continued cross-Government focus on integrating the Well-being Framework into policymaking and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Safety (Amendment) Bill will reduce the statutory limits for concentration of alcohol in blood, urine and breath for a railway safety critical worker and update procedures for sampling and testing of workers for intoxicants (alcohol, drugs) and associated procedures under the Railway Safety Act 2005. Integrated Land Transport Planning In 2024, I will progress plans, in collaboration with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...is given to the allocation of resources (including newly attested Probationer Gardaí, personnel being allocated to specialist units, e.g. Roads Policing, Community Policing, Divisional Protective Services Units, Divisional Drug Units, etc.) and in facilitating transfers of personnel to/from any Division, account is given to commitments and undertakings outlined in the Annual Policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...of unique offenders identified per year. These incidents are recorded across a broad range of incident categories with the predominant contributions from Theft (22%), Public Order Offences (20%), Court Related/Bail Offences (20%), Drugs (9%), Traffic (9%), Burglary (5%) and Criminal Damage (4%). As these are crime incidents reported, it is important to note that not all of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to having nitrous oxide categorised as an illegal drug and unlawful to possess, given the recent warning from a leading neurologist regarding the dangers associated with the use of nitrous oxide among young people, with up to ten patients a month presenting to one Dublin hospital with some patients requiring inpatient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new co-ordinator for the Finglas-Cabra local drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Strategic Action Plan for the National Drugs Strategy 2023-2024 is based on the six strategic priorities identified following the mid-term review of the strategy in 2021. The action plan was developed by strategic implementation groups reporting to the national oversight committee. A progress report for the first year will be published in due course. The HSE spends over €140m...