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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...help and support and need a service, but it is operating with 40% to 50% of the staff and it cannot provide that service with less experienced staff. As somebody who is involved in a community drugs team which will be looking to recruit staff over the coming months, I find it deeply worrying that not just addiction services but services for homeless people, disability services and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...that aim. Much has been said about the rosters. It is to be hoped the ongoing negotiations will deal with that. In my own home town, it would mean losing people from community policing and the drugs squad. There was some suggestion that this would not happen to specialist units but I think there is an element of people playing with words in that regard. The issue we have in Louth,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Griffin: .... There was an enormous reaction. I received many very difficult phone calls from the heartbroken parents, spouses and siblings of people who have fallen into addiction and on the wrong side of drug dealers, and who have incurred major debts and encountered huge issues. It is that normalisation that is the problem that we really need to face up to and address. I am conscious that there...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...to divisions across the country. I welcome the Minister's initiative on the community safety fund. Putting proceeds from the Criminal Assets Bureau back into the local community is crucial. We had serious drug busts in Roscommon and Ballinasloe and it will be wonderful to see how that fund will be used at a local level. That is really important and will have a great impact. The Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

...beautiful movie called "De laatste wens van Moek", which means "The last wish of Mama." It showed a son lovingly giving his 101-year-old mother 150 pills, including chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug. She swallows them and says, "This is what I want." She says she is lucky she can still swallow and so on. She then dies peacefully. The son was convicted, and I told him I hoped he would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

David Stanton: ...detail of exactly what will happen on the ground. I note RTÉ is reporting that an operation is under way in the Atlantic, off Cork, as we speak, with a container ship being boarded as part of a drug smuggling investigation. We have personnel out there in dangerous situations and I thank them for the work they do. They are putting their lives on the line in boarding ships like...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Dental Services (26 Sep 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...,diagnostic procedures carried out on the advice of a practitioner,maintenance or treatment necessarily incurred in connection with the services of a practitioner or diagnostic procedures carried out on the advice of a practitioner, anddrugs or medicines supplied on the prescription of a practitioner.A practitioner is a person who is: registered in the register established under section 43...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...Fund Red Door Project 2023 €69,659.93 Dormant Accounts Fund Since its establishment, the Drogheda Implementation Board has delivered on and overseen a number of positive developments for Drogheda including:a new Drugs Treatment Court Liaison Case Worker situated within the Red Door Project, via Dormant Accounts fundinga new Prison Link...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (26 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...drivers and motorcyclists who suffered a minor or serious injury in a Fatal Road Traffic Collision, were taken to hospital and, where confirmed in the Pulse record of the collision, an intoxicant test (either for drugs or alcohol) was not carried out. 2020 2021 2022 2023* 18 26 17 16 * Figures for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 509. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he will take to increase the awareness of the danger for abuse and misuse of the drug pregabalin among the medical community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Sep 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 547. To ask the Minister for Health to provide full clarity on the very welcome €445,000 awarded to CHO8 for drugs and inclusion health services announced in August 2023; to seek the details on how the funds will be distributed to key frontline drug addiction organisations who are facing very difficult winter periods in terms of funding shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Ring: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been refused a drug prescribed by their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Sep 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 illness, free of charge. While there are currently no plans to extend the list of illnesses...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE does not supply vaccines or provide reimbursement support for vaccines through community pharmacies under the statutory drug schemes. When the public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...lift that for years has been in and out of service. Thirteen years on, the stairwell and lift have fallen into massive disrepair and when it has been working it is often filled with urine, faeces, drug paraphernalia and vomit. Badly lit at night, the stairwell has become a hub for antisocial behaviour and a hang-out spot for gangs of young adults and regular drug use, resulting in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...worse, the Minister for Justice and Commissioner Harris intend to impose roster changes that will result in the depletion of existing units such as the community policing units, task force units, drug units and district detective units in an attempt to fill a new unit come November and which will also force gardaí to work more days and more hours for no additional pay. The reality is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Misuse of Drugs (21 Sep 2023)

Misuse of Drugs

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...for that service go? The section 39 organisations are being asked to meet that requirement. These section 39 workers, as well as the section 56 workers and others outside of that in drug and alcohol services, are shouldering the burden. I am thinking of Prosper Fingal in my constituency, which is unable to meet the demographic pressures of operating in such a young, fast-growing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...have already been introduced to achieve reductions in the deficit including: - targeted reductions in agency costs; - a pause on the growth of management and administrative grades; - reductions in management consultancy; and - drugs cost reform, in particular increasing use of generics. The Department of Health and the HSE are working proactively work together to identify areas for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...strips without charge to women affected by gestational diabetes. The Department and the HSE are working to deliver this as soon as possible. These items are currently reimbursable under the Drug Payment Scheme and to medical card holders, subject to the relevant co-payment. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed...