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Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (6 Feb 2008) See 2 other results from this debate

Terry Leyden: ...at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher, to the House. When I was Minister of State at the then Department of Health in 1987, I was made national chairman of the drugs action committee. It was a revelation to me, coming from a rural constituency, to see the amount of drugs being used at that time, especially in inner-city Dublin. There was not as much...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1483 and 1484 together. The National Drug and Alcohol Survey 2019/20 is funded by the Department of Health and managed by the Health Research Board. It provides information on alcohol, tobacco, and drug use amongst the general population in Ireland. The survey findings show that, overall, the use of illegal drugs has remained similar to that...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (17 Nov 2009)

John Curran: A total of 14 Local Drugs Task Forces (LDTFs) are currently in operation, of which 12 are located in Dublin while the others are in Bray and Cork. The rest of the country is covered by 10 Regional Drugs Task Forces (RDTFs). I have no proposals at present to change the number of Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces. Action 62 of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-16 provides for a review of...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (28 Feb 2007)

Noel Ahern: ...Nos. 116 and 126 together. I want to acknowledge, with regret, the tragic deaths late last year of a number of heroin users in Dublin. They illustrate again the inherent dangers associated with drug misuse. In order for the exact cause of these deaths to be ascertained, toxicology reports were initiated. However, I understand the results of these tests are not yet available. Illegal drug...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Drug misuse remains one of the most complex social ills faced globally and the Government is fully aware of, and does not in any sense, underestimate the nature and extent of the problem of drugs which we experience in this State. The Government remains resolutely committed to tackling the problem through our current National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The National Strategy addresses the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, seeks to minimise the harms caused by the use and misuse of substances and to promote rehabilitation and recovery. The latest drug prevalence data indicate just 1.5 per cent of adults used cocaine in the previous year, with less than half of one percent of adults using the drug in the last month. In 2016, there...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is welcome that we are bringing together a Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. We must find a better way to meet the diverse health needs of people who use drugs and, at the same time, explore ways to prevent the harmful impact of drugs on children, families and communities. I have seen families torn apart, where perhaps a child or someone else in the family has started to take drugs and...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (18 Nov 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

John Curran: The new National Drugs Strategy, which will cover the period 2009-2016, will include measures to deal with issues arising from the use of any illicit drug, including crystal meth. The emphasis will be on ensuring that there is an on-going comprehensive response to drug related problems — rather than on drug-specific measures per se. However, those involved in dealing with the drugs...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: The main contributory factors in road traffic fatalities are speeding, drink-driving and the non wearing of seat belts. The influence of drugs on driving behaviour is an issue of increasing concern and has thus been given recognition in the previous Government Strategy on Road Safety. Identification of the presence of drugs is however more complex than for alcohol. Consequently, considerably...

Written Answers — Misuse of Drugs: Misuse of Drugs (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Crystal meth is a form of methamphetamine and as such is a controlled drug under schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 and 1984. As such, it is subject to stringent controls. It has no medicinal use and cannot be prescribed by doctors, sold or distributed and it is also illegal to possess the drug. The chemicals used to produce the drug are strictly controlled and monitored under both...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (13 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42, 49, 58 and 90 together. I am including with my reply a tabular statement giving the latest available information in relation to drug seizures for 2007, 2008 and 2009 and to date in 2010. Due to the covert nature of the activity, it is obviously not possible to give a reliable estimate of the proportion of drugs coming into the country that these figures...

Drug Abuse. (24 Apr 2007)

Noel Ahern: Problem drug use remains one of the key challenges facing Irish society. However, through the implementation of the actions in the national drugs strategy in the first instance and, second, the projects and initiatives operated through the local and regional drugs task forces, problem drug use in our society is being addressed and the hardship caused to individuals and society is being...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government remains resolutely committed to tackling the problem of drug misuse through our National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The National Strategy addresses the problem under pillar headings of education and prevention, supply reduction, treatment and rehabilitation and research and is firmly founded on the principle that drug misuse needs to be addressed in an integrated manner across...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (26 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The National Drug and Alcohol Survey (NDAS) collects information on alcohol and tobacco consumption and drug use among the general population. It also surveys people’s attitudes and perceptions relating to tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and records the impact of drug use on communities. The 2019–2020 NDAS, published by the Health research Board in July 2021, collected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (28 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: The National Drugs Strategy ‘Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery’ sets out the Government’s strategy to address the harm caused by substance misuse in Ireland up to 2025. The Department of Health provides over €130 million to drug and alcohol services to support the strategy. Drug and alcohol task forces play a key role in implementing the national drugs strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (24 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can assure the Deputy that tackling the illegal drug trade and the organised crime groups involved in such activities remain a key priority for this Government. The Policing Plan 2014 of An Garda Síochána sets out the continued commitment to pro-actively target groups and individuals engaged in such criminal activity, including multi-disciplinary approaches which are utilised to...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: An Garda Síochána invokes a number of broad strategic responses in combating the drugs trade. These include the following: identifying, targeting and dismantling national and international drug trafficking networks which supply and distribute illegal drugs within this state; conducting intelligence driven operations focusing on all aspects of the illicit drugs trade including commodity,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (27 Mar 2019)

Charles Flanagan: .... I am informed by the Garda authorities that the information he requested is not available in the manner specified as the offences are not categorised in such a manner on PULSE. Data on drugs generally is provided in PULSE incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána. Table 1(2013 - 2018) attached relates to Drug Offences, including Simple Possession; Possession of Drugs for Sale...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements. (1 Mar 2006) See 4 other results from this debate

Noel Ahern: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the Seanad today on the subject of the national drugs strategy. Sometimes much of Government's work goes unseen and unnoticed by the general public. Despite the growth and diversity in methods of communication, it is still quite difficult to put our message across in some detail. Today I am happy to discuss what the Government is doing, and...