Results 81-100 of 220 for drugs speaker:David Cullinane

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: ...very serious crimes which are having a big impact on the affected communities. How can he stand over reducing the number of new recruits from 800 to 600? Can the Taoiseach give a commitment that the drug task forces, whose funding have been decimated year on year since 2009, will have their funding restored to 2009 levels? That is a clear challenge I put to the Taoiseach. I and the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: ...Garda station was not a policing priority and that he had more pressing demands on resources across the Dublin region. Gardaí on the ground are screaming out for resources to tackle gun crime, drug crime and gangland murders, yet we have the Minister, Deputy Ross, pushing pet projects and stroke politics. Any decision to reopen a Garda station must take into account the best use of...

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: ...encroachment of EU control. Sinn Féin fully supports international co-operation in the area of justice where this is necessary to fight crime and in particular the cross-border trafficking of drugs, and human beings, and in the interests of child protection. Sinn Féin also believes it is equally essential to safeguard the creation of further victims of human rights violations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Waterford assigned to the drug squad for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by rank, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/17]

Other Questions: Garda Strength (16 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: One of the consequences of not having enough officers in each division is that the Garda must make choices in allocating resources. The Tánaiste will be aware that the numbers in the drugs units dropped from 2010 right up to this year: in one division in Cork from 34 to 22; in another division in Cork from 32 to 21; in Waterford from 15 to five, which is a reduction of 66%; and in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers assigned to each Garda divisional drugs unit here for each of the years 2008 to 2015 and to date, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number that make up the drugs squad within An Garda Síochána in County Waterford in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Sep 2016)

David Cullinane: .... We have turned the corner in terms of doing our best on education and sanctions, although we could always do more in that regard. I welcome the provisions of the Bill related to people who are driving under the influence of drugs and other measures that will increase the number of offences and give An Garda Síochána greater power to do what it needs to do. While all of this...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: ...This must be accompanied by appropriate resourcing. Within a human rights based framework Sinn Féin supports international co-operation in the area of justice where this is necessary to fight crime and, in particular, cross-Border trafficking of drugs, weapons and human beings and in the interests of child protection. However, we believe it is equally essential to safeguard against...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year and by the classification of drugs as generic or branded in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the savings if any made by the Health Service Executive in respect of drugs or medicines by way of new arrangements, contracts, changes in policy, the use of generic drugs or by any other means from 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22071/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (12 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: ...for Health why, according to 2013 figures from the OECD, Ireland had the highest per capita spend on medicines in the European Union; the areas in which the €775 million in savings in the drugs bill have been made including a breakdown of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: ...large numbers of people who end up in the criminal justice system who would be far better off receiving assistance from the social work and health care systems. I am not talking about those who are involved in the big crimes. I am not talking about the drug lords or those at the heart of the criminality that is terrifying people on the streets of Dublin. I am talking about the lower...

Seanad: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: ..., but it has not improved the situation, livelihoods or quality of life of people in the Sheriff Street and North Wall areas. There are major problems in those areas, including anti-social behaviour, drug abuse, unemployment and a lack of educational attainment. The Bill attempts to put in place an alternative structure for planning and development. We must try to get it right this...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

David Cullinane: ...assurance that they want to support police in bringing those responsible to justice," when he talked about the murder of Kevin McGuigan. He also said, when talking about a group called Action Against Drugs, which has been linked to this murder:I want to comment on the connection, or lack of connection between the [Provisional IRA] and the group calling itself 'Action Against Drugs'....

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

David Cullinane: ...primary care will do away with fees for GP care and will be introduced within this Government's term of office. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, promised that the first phase of this, namely, extension of free primary care to claimants of free drugs under the long-term illness scheme would be in place in summer 2012 but it was not. There were supposed to be drafting difficulties because of...

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: This is what is contained in the budget. The drugs funding initiative has been cut by 7%.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I know that would affect the Minister in his pocket, but we will leave that to one side. The Government could also deal with real waste in the system. We know we are spending too much on branded drugs and could achieve considerably greater savings in that area.

Seanad: Philantrophy and Fund-raising: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: ...50 million per year from the dormant accounts fund for the community and voluntary sector, ring-fence moneys seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, for community development and community-based drug projects; ? reconceptualise and extend the community employment, CE, scheme, and increasing the number of CE places available; ? outline the impact of the departure of key philanthropic...