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Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I commend my colleague, Deputy John Curran, on bringing this motion forward. Substance misuse and, in this instance, drug abuse is a very complex issue. It affects not only the individuals who take the drugs but it also affects the people around them and the communities that are hugely impacted by drug abuse. Drugs are available everywhere. Drug abuse knows no socio-economic section of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (5 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is acutely aware of the substantial and ongoing damage that drug dealing has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a serious threat to community safety. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Health leads on Government policy in the area of drugs, and this policy is guided by the national drugs and alcohol...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: Now that the Minister of State has finally accepted that there are drugs in every village and town in the country and that we have a serious epidemic, does he believe that every Garda station should have a specific drugs unit or drugs squad? If gardaí are not present to tackle drugs specifically, it will be difficult to obtain results. Gardaí may deal with other crimes first and drug crime...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Submissions on Drugs Review: Discussion (14 Oct 2015)

...for accepting our submission and for inviting us here today. BeLonG To's submission advocates in favour of altering the current approach to sanctions for the possession of a certain amount of drugs for personal use. We believe it is in the best interests of LGBT young people, and indeed all young people, that legislative change is needed to address how we treat those who are found in...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (17 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am aware of a paper published by the Health Research Board in January this year which analyses the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) data including records of the number of people in treatment for problem drug use (including heroin) in 2008. I am also aware of the recent publication of the 2010 Annual Report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (3 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of the Garda National Drugs Unit as of 30 January 2009 was 60 Gardaí (all ranks). The personnel strength of the Garda National Drugs Unit as of 31 December 1996 was 49 Gardaí (all ranks). In addition to the National Unit, each Garda Division has a dedicated Drugs Unit with some 379 Gardaí currently deployed on drug...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is acutely aware of the substantial and ongoing damage that drug dealing and drug-related intimidation has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a serious threat to community safety. An Garda Síochána continues to target those involved in the sale and supply of illegal drugs including through Operation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (15 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: The National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) is the national epidemiological database on drug and alcohol-related deaths and indirect deaths among people with a lifetime history of using drugs and/or were alcohol dependent, in Ireland. It was established so that the State can respond in a timely manner with accurate data on drug and alcohol-related mortality. The NDRDI is jointly funded by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Drugs Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025, sets out a health-led approach to drug use. It promotes a more compassionate and humane approach to people who use drugs, with drug use treated first and foremost as a public health issue. The Programme for Government endorses this health-led approach. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Jul 2022)

Frank Feighan: The National Drug Treatment Report System (NDTRS), published by the Health Research Board in June of this year, presents trends on treatment for problem drug use (excluding alcohol) for the seven-year period from 2015 to 2021. The data are drawn from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System, the national surveillance system that records and reports on cases of drug and alcohol treatment...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (20 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am committed to ensuring that all prisons are drug free in line with the commitments contained both in the Programme for Government and the Irish Prison Service Drugs Policy and Strategy and I will continue to pursue strategies to achieve that objective. The Irish Prison Service Drugs Policy and Strategy, entitled Keeping Drugs out of Prison was launched in May 2006 and the Irish Prison...

Written Answers — Drug Treatment Services: Drug Treatment Services (23 Nov 2004)

Michael McDowell: As envisaged in the programme for Government, the introduction of mandatory drug testing will be central to supporting future policy on drug supply and demand reduction in prisons. Already prisoners accommodated in the open centres at Shelton Abbey and Loughan House and in the designated drug-free areas of the training unit in the Mountjoy complex, St. Patrick's institution and Wheatfield...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (19 Feb 2013)

Alex White: On 18 December 2012, I announced details of a series of measures arising from a review of Drugs Task Forces and the structures of the National Drugs Strategy. The reforms are intended to better equip the Task Forces to respond to the current pattern of substance misuse. The key changes include: - The role of Drugs Task Forces to be extended to include alcohol addiction; - A National...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (13 Jun 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McDowell: The new Irish Prison Service Policy and Strategy, entitled Keeping Drugs out of Prisons fulfils the commitment in the Programme for Government to publish a plan to end all heroin use in Irish prisons as well as my own commitment to achieving a drug-free prison system. The new Policy and Strategy provides, for the first time, a coordinated and consistent national approach to eliminating the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Helen McEntee: The Government is acutely aware of the substantial and ongoing damage that drug dealing has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a serious threat to community safety. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Health leads on Government policy in the area of drugs, and this policy is guided by the national drugs and...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (16 Nov 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Government's approach to tackling the problem of drug misuse, including heroin use, is through a co-ordinated and integrated approach under the National Drugs Strategy. The Strategy tackles the issue under pillar headings of drugs supply reduction, education and prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. Drugs and organised crime are being prioritised by An Garda Síochána as a...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (29 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 and 361 to 363, inclusive, together. As envisaged in the programme for Government, the introduction of mandatory drug testing will play an important role in supporting future policy on drug supply and demand reduction in prisons. Prisoners accommodated in the open centres at Shelton Abbey and Loughan House and in the designated drug free areas of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (26 Nov 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The Government is committed to a health-led approach to drug use and to developing harm reduction interventions for at risk groups, as set out in  the national drugs strategy Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, a health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2020. The Department of Health works with the HSE to raise awareness of the dangers associated with drugs through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (24 May 2022)

James Browne: The Government is acutely aware of the significant, sustained damage that drug dealing has on communities across the country. Organised criminal activity, including drug dealing, represents a serious threat to community safety, including rural communities. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Health leads on Government policy in the area of drugs, and this policy is guided by...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Nov 2006)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 54 together. The study referred to by the Deputies, which was commissioned by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) under Action 98 of the National Drugs Strategy, was an exploratory study of relatively small scale, aimed at assessing the nature and extent of drug use amongst the Traveller Community in Ireland. The study shows that Travellers...