Results 101-120 of 169 for drugs speaker:Mattie McGrath

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...are 30,000 referrals to the child and family services every year. There are 1,500 cases of abuse and neglect confirmed every year as well. There are vulnerable children in cases where there is alcohol and drug addiction in families. There are young children in day care centres who are not getting enough food. We have seen some of that. I have been involved with several crèches...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...there are poor foster carers. I do not know how they obtained Garda vetting clearance or how they got and continue to get children in spite of the families concerned being involved in violence, drugs, alcohol and other issues and this beggars belief. I acknowledge they are a minority but I personally know of them. I am not speaking anecdotally but am aware of them myself as they have...

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...banks, and as I referred to in the past, the significant amount of State terrorism of those in business. Every letter one receives from the Revenue Commissioners has a jail term at the bottom of it. We do not treat the drug barons and their like with the same indignation. While I uphold the regulations of this country and the laws of this land, it is frightening to see the banks'...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...for Justice and Equality is not here. These officials are not on the road any more because their staff numbers have been cut back. They do not have vehicles or resources. A blind eye is being turned to criminality, drug barons and money-laundering. Mention was made of Limerick and Dublin crime gangs. I compliment the Gada and the people of Limerick for how they have fought back and...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...frightening them. That is what happened in 2009 with that announcement in the budget and all hell broke loose. Look at the anxiety that was caused. After criticising them a short while ago for a very valid reason, I salute the GPs for continuing to supply the drugs and continuing their visits in that interregnum when there was a great deal of anxiety. We must deal with the drug...

Health Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...proposers of the motion, which is worthy. We must examine the issue. The population is ageing and, by extension, will become sicker. We discussed the costs of various issues, including generic drugs, in the term of the previous Government. I am a victim of the system myself. I was rushed to a private hospital in the city last Tuesday. I am paying private health cover for the past 20...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...distasteful that, as various investigations have indicated, in developing countries children as young as seven and eight years of age are being targeted by tobacco companies. Tobacco is a drug on which people can become hooked. Targeting those aged seven or eight years flies in the face of all standards which obtain in the developed world in trying to raise children to be healthy, fit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any regulations or restrictions in place for the drugs payment scheme that prevent a patient from obtaining two months supply of their prescription in any one month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54416/12]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...Members' motion and the general debate on home helps and cutbacks. We must strike the balance in every Bill. To quote some of the figures, in 2011, the HSE spent €1.9 billion on medicines and non-drug items for patients in the community. This includes mark-ups and dispensing fees paid to farmers and wholesalers. In addition, hospital expenditure was approximately €300...

Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...it in news reports on the apprehension, charging and conviction of major criminal gangs. In this technological age, it is important that we stay abreast of all types of crime, including computer, drugs, smuggling or human trafficking. As an island nation, we cannot survive on our own, let alone in terms of law enforcement. Sharing experiences and intelligence with other police forces...

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...this motion. Every politician in this and the other House knows that this is a real problem and it is not something to be joked about or to have it said that we are soft on it. We are not soft on drugs. It is a very serious motion asking us to deal with this scourge and plague in our land. Many figures have been thrown about, but we all know the issues. Anybody living or working in a...

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...she is appointed for life. How is such a person supposed to be up to date and up to speed with regard to demographic change, different cultures, the Internet, cyber-bullying, the availability of drugs, the cartels and big business setting out drink that can be bought in supermarkets and everywhere else? We need to become serious, accept motions like this one, set up an all-party working...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...paid appropriately but not for having a logjam and a closed shop. We saw what happened with the pharmacists - young pharmacists could not become practitioners. Now there is the issue of the price of generic drugs. We have to deal with this matter. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Labour Party promised that they would deal with it but they have not. It is not easy to do so: they...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...and below-the-belt attacks to try to banish all these people. I am tired of saying that I have worked with reverend sisters and other religious in providing the Ashling Centre and now also with a drug misuse centre in my own county. They are visionary and well educated, as well as knowing what they want to do and how to get there. They are outstanding motivators because they do not have...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...institutions, such as FÁS. The religious orders did outstanding work. At this point I am trying to support myself. I am on a voluntary board limited by guarantee to establish an adolescent drug treatment centre and we are negotiating with a religious institution on the use of the most spectacular building, which I often visited and in which I often had tea. We are trying to get a...

Garda Stations (24 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: .... This is what is needed if we are to have a proper community policing regime, community alert and neighbourhood watch groups, the capacity to carry out difficult and precarious detective work, a drugs unit and to house state-of-the-art IT facilities. The current station is nothing short of a hovel, the public interface of which is disgraceful in terms of it not being much bigger than...

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...services and saw resistance to that. They do a good job on a seven day a week basis on the front line. She also tried, with some difficulty, to achieve savings from the main suppliers of generic drugs. The more savings we can achieve the better. Sadly, there was a lot of waste over the years. The safe delivery of products to the public is vital, along with value for money. The...

Private Members' Business. Stroke Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ..., as far as I am aware. It is provided in a four-bed unit that has been in place for the past four years. It has the technology that is needed to provide treatment using the new clot-busting drugs. Deputies will be familiar with the excellent work that is carried out there. I have been impressed by the ability of the hospital authorities to engage with the new treatment, as part of the...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ...country going. They care for graveyards, provide meals on wheels and laundry services, visit the elderly and so on. I could go on for the day outlining the type of work they do, including the drugs initiatives in Dublin. The reduction in the disability allowance must be the meanest and most shameful cut of all. How could the Government do this? The late Minister, Brian Lenihan,...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ..., I have concerns about sections of the Bill and the Bill in general. Will the Minister indicate when mandatory testing will be introduced for those suspected of driving under the influence of drugs? That is a problem. The laws we pass must be fair and cover all types of offence and be seen to be fair to every citizen. There was much debate prior to the passage of the Road Traffic Act...