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Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State and the officials for attending. There are also officials from the HSE and the steering and reference group present. We might have an engagement with them at another time, but my questions will very much be for the Minister of State. At the outset, I welcome the sentiment to the effect that the Department wants to collaborate with our committee. I have very...

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I am very frustrated and disappointed that the oversight group has been suspended and that the three national networks of UISCE, Family Addiction Recovery Ireland and CityWide are being excluded. I heard what the Minister of State said. I very much share that view. We do not want to play politics with these issues. They are far too important, and people's lives are at stake. There is an...

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: To be clear about how we define what a comprehensive health-led approach is, when I read the citizens' assembly report, it talks about diversion, dissuasion and decriminalisation. Can I take it that when the Minister of State defines a health-led approach, it is just health diversion?

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister of State would see the stance of Government being at odds with the recommendations of the citizens' assembly.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: There would be a strong view among many of us that decriminalisation has to be an intrinsic part of that comprehensive health-led approach. I think that conversation has to continue. As the Minister of State is in the Department of Health, I want to ask about the Department's approach to HHC. This is a drug that has been on the scene since 2022, mainly consumed by teenagers. It has clear...

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: A total of 37 beds are yet to be funded. I ask that funding be put in place for them.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: It is about the other 25 beds then because lives will be saved.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The Government paid for it to be built, but it must fund it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on Holter monitors between the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of Holter monitors and the wait lists and times for individuals to get access to a Holter monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62385/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 446. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to reduce Holter monitor wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Primary care psychology waiting lists are now up to a staggering 28,000. The figure for those waiting over a year is up to 16,000. In some parts of Dublin, children are waiting 13 years to be seen. That is not a waiting list; it is a non-existent service. My question is on recruitment. When we raise this issue, the Government throws its hands in the air and says the health service cannot...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: What I am hearing from the Taoiseach is that Housing for All was a success, yet we have over 16,000 people registered as homeless. By any measure, the Government's housing policies have been an abject failure. There are unprecedented amounts going into housing, but where are they going? They are going to developers on foot of the policy of this Government in respect of turnkey acquisitions...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: -----with regard to workers and how to secure apprentices and bring them into the system. The Government has failed in that regard.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Absolutely not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is not true. It is factually incorrect.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The fate of hundreds of thousands of young people, workers, families and those with a disability relies on what the Government will publish in its new plan for housing tomorrow. It is not a dramatic statement to say that young people are leaving our shores, workers with good jobs and decent incomes have zero hope of being able to buy, workers of all ages are condemned to a rental market with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is confident that his Department will publish an action plan to promote collective bargaining by the end of 2025; if there will be a timeline setting out specific actions to increase collective bargaining coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Schemes (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 832. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to publish the review into the mobility allowance; when an alternative scheme will be announced to replace this scheme; if those who are currently eligible will transfer to any such new scheme and remain on their current or increased rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61937/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Schemes (12 Nov 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 833. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the means test for the mobility allowance has been reviewed to account for increases in the State pension (contributory); if she will consider amending the means test threshold from the State pension (non-contributory) to the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61938/25]