Results 161-180 of 397 for drugs speaker:Micheál Martin

Freagra ar Eascairí - Return of Writs: Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford - Introduction of New Members (3 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...Education Authority and Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan has worked as a secondary school teacher. Both of them have a great commitment to the issues before us. The priorities and needs of the people were very clear on the doorsteps in all four constituencies. It was very clear that the priorities of the people were housing and health services, illegal drugs and crime and, of course,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Europol's 2019 Drug Markets Report makes for very serious and concerning reading. It illustrates the degree, as I am sure the Taoiseach will accept, to which violence, death, intimidation, stealing and spreading fear across every community in Ireland is now a feature and a consequence of a rampant drug trade that is extremely valuable. The scale of what is revealed in the report is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...in certain disadvantaged communities. It is very clear from the Europol report that large numbers of disadvantaged teenagers and children are being targeted, exploited and used in this lucrative drug trade. That requires a multidisciplinary response involving the Garda but also involving education and resourcing people on the ground, in particular community leaders on the ground. That...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...and anti-social behaviour, the response has tended to be that everything is being attended to but there is no doubt that people have a growing sense of unease about crime. The habitual use of drugs in society, in campuses, on streets and so on, is causing major concern. The work of the National Crime Council and others on the large gap between certain statistics and the reality of crime...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...are communities throughout Dublin and many other parts of the country which must deal with deep disadvantage, poor facilities and crime. It is clear that crime is getting out of control. The rising drugs crisis is making the situation far worse. There was an outbreak of gangland crises in Lucan last week and Coolock at the weekend. Gangland wars in various parts of the city are taking...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is a growing sense that the Government is losing the battle against crime. People now regularly complain of the lack of gardaí on our streets, the easy tolerance of drug abuse, the open selling of drugs - including transactions on our streets and on public transport - and people injecting drugs in plain sight. People also complain about the growth in antisocial behaviour on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...was whether the Government acknowledges the growing sense of anxiety and concern among people with regard to increasing levels of crime and antisocial behaviour, and the growing and open illicit drug culture on our streets. That is the key point. The Minister has not answered that basic question. I have knocked on many doors, including with Councillor Shane Moynihan last night....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise a specific issue around the security brief, namely, the issue of hard drugs, which are at the core of most organised crime in our country, and the personal and community devastation which they cause. While the statistics provided for Ireland are behind those for many other countries, the overall picture relating to drug use is clear and disturbing. Following Brexit, Ireland...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Four months ago a decision was taken to approve the drug, Spinraza, for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, SMA. Deputy Ó Caoláin, in fairness to him, organised a cross-party presentation by families affected by this degenerative condition, which affects young children and other young people. Their hopes were lifted when that decision was taken in June, but that hope...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----to administer the drug to some of the children involved. All this should have been done at the time of the decision, and there should be no excuses. For God's sake, will the Taoiseach do the human thing and just get the Government to sort this out with Temple Street and any other hospital that requires the wherewithal to follow through on the decision to treat these children who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing Spinraza in view of the fact the HSE approved the drug four months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45327/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Bill aims to make it a criminal offence for gangs to use young people to sell drugs.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: As every Deputy knows, in the past few years the reality of hard drugs has hit more and more communities. In places where heroin was unknown, even during tough times, young people have been targeted by the ruthless gangs who promote addiction and destruction for their own profit. The Taoiseach will be aware of the report of the Blanchardstown drugs and alcohol task force on a new and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: It happens once a year and I am not the author of it. I raise the issue of the prevalence of drug abuse in our society, which is at an all-time high. We all know people in our communities who are addicted or who have lost loved ones through addiction. The latest statistics from the Health Research Board are alarming. Between 2010 and 2017, some 63,000 cases presented for treatment of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...x20ac;1.15 billion figure includes €335 million of a supplementary being brought into next year. We will park that for a moment. There has always been a health-based approach. The whole idea of the drug task forces was about a health based approach. Two people per day now die because of drug addiction. That is a terrible and damning statistic. Existing policies are simply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (1 Oct 2019)

Micheál Martin: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for approval for new drugs; the way in which this compares to other OECD or EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39267/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...cannabis. The Taoiseach will be aware that the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, recommended quite a long time ago the introduction of a compassionate access programme in respect of drug-resistant epilepsy, people who get sick from chemotherapy, and spasticity among multiple sclerosis sufferers. Approximately 14 import licences have been given to various individuals. Many have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: We are all shocked and appalled that there have been three gangland murders over the last eight days. Clearly, these drug gangs have no respect for human life or for the communities in which they live, given the risk that so many people faced yesterday. This involved someone driving into a housing estate in Coolock in broad daylight at 3.30 p.m. to assassinate a man who was visiting the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The availability of Spinraza has been debated in this House for a long time. Some time ago, many of us met the children and families who desperately need this drug to help treat spinal muscular atrophy which, as the Taoiseach knows, is a muscle-wasting disease. This country and Estonia are the only European Union countries that have not approved this drug for reimbursement. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to drug pushers selling drugs in the Clonliffe area harassing persons living in the area; the actions being taken to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/19]