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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Daly: Going back to the last time and the discussion about blood, urine and hair, my recollection of our previous engagement is that hair is the best sample in that it will even tell you if there were drugs, historically, that would not show in blood or urine. It is similar with human beings. If you watch crime dramas in America, a hair sample can show how long somebody is clean. I believe it is...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) See 17 other results from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...required to fund the total cost of claims which will be settled in respect of 2023. Subhead L1 relates to the primary care reimbursement service and local demand-led schemes at €109 million. The primary care reimbursement service, PCRS. administers a number of demand-led schemes such as the general medical services schemes, community demand-led schemes, and the national drug...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

...to have a public order response, but also a very visible uniformed response. The issue for me now is going to be around prioritisation. We put a lot of effort into things like street crime and low-level drug dealing, etc., and there will have to be a refocusing towards having visibility on the streets. We recognise that in terms of our police work in the city centre, no matter how many...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Maurice Quinlivan: ...hate, fear and misinformation. We need to build and strengthen communities and not divide them. We need to resource our communities properly, reverse cuts to community groups, youth services and drug and addiction services. We cannot and should not treat this solely as a policing issue. As I have said, on Thursday a cloud descended over our capital. By the evening, during the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...perpetrator is in custody and, in time, we will learn the story behind all this. The reality, however, is that Dublin city centre has not been safe for some time, with antisocial behaviour, open drug dealing and drug taking, street drinking, and gangs hanging around causing trouble. This should not be news to the Taoiseach. What happened in the aftermath of the horrific knife attack...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...a society, we have an uncompromising response to crime and antisocial behaviour, it will continue. This is about tackling the small, casual, opportunistic criminal and antisocial behaviour such as drug dealing, drug distribution, illegal dumping and unmuzzled dangerous animals with no leads in public spaces. It is all of that and it is also about resourcing our gardaí, making sure...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...that health is not his area but I appreciate his taking this so late in the evening. All of those involved in the whole area of rare diseases, both families and those involved in developing new drugs, are concerned at worsening trends which suggest that rare disease patients in Ireland are being subjected to even longer waiting times before acquiring access to life-changing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...on contentious issues. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals are not the only people with a conscience or moral integrity around upholding laws within society. I will take the area of drug use, for example. Imprisoning an addict who has been caught with heroin does not have any therapeutic value. Some gardaí, judges or whoever may ask why they cannot conscientiously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023) See 10 other results from this debate

...to the responses. I may not exactly have Senator Ruane's question. On assisted suicide versus the doctor providing it directly, in the state of Oregon it is where the patient administers the drugs him or herself. The rate of increase of requests for assisted suicide is much less than in other countries which have legislated that the doctor will actually provide the injection. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Mr. Art O'Leary: I will start with the questions that are appropriate for us. I was at the citizens' assembly meeting on drug use over the summer. Somebody said something that really changed my mind on how we should approach public engagement and education. A man who worked in a treatment centre for addiction said there is no such thing as hard to reach people or groups, there are only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...and 15% mood disorder8% schizophrenia/primary psychotic disorder4% personality disorder and related traitsFurther, in 2021, the Probation Service also published "Informing and Supporting Change: Drug and Alcohol Misuse among People on Probation Supervision in Ireland". This report is also available on the Probation Service website. The key findings of this report note that in relation to:...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs taskforce for the south east is operating with a full complement of staff; the level of funding allocated to the project for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the discontinuation of funding for a project (details supplied), facilitated by the HSE and the Clondalkin drugs and alcohol task force; what measures are being taken to ensure the continued support of the vulnerable community members previously served by this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51957/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of Health officials in 2023. The Department met with PSI in March and September of this year and are due to meet again in December. Within the Department of Health, Medicines, Controlled Drugs and Pharmacy Legislation Unit (MCDPLU) is the main point of contact for the PSI, though other units may engage with the PSI as required, dependent on business needs. MCDPLU also liaises with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Policy and Action Plan (OPAP) Food Labelling Wellbeing Healthy Eating Guidelines for 1-5 Year Olds Department of Health Frank Feighan, T.D. Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing & the National Drugs Strategy Blaine Gaffney, Minister Feighan’s Office Audrey Hagerty, (Principal Officer) Ciara Mellett, (Head of Healthy Ireland Programme) Ursula O’Dwyer,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...to take Questions Nos. 595, 597, 598 and 599 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their condition, free of charge. Statutory Instrument No. 277 of 1971, place the following...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...;5.5 million, with an additional €650,000 estimated to be incurred by the end of the year. This will lead to an overall shortfall in the subhead of €1.879 million, which will be offset by savings from subhead A4, tribunal of inquiry. Moving to the citizens’ assembly subhead, the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use has concluded its series of six meetings and will...