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Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: This morning the Oireachtas health committee published a report on orphan drugs, of which Respreeza is one drug. It is a summary of three meetings which we held on orphan drugs. Orphan drugs are different from other drugs, yet the process of looking at them is the same. They need to be treated differently. The quality process of comparing cost-benefit analysis needs to change....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (3 Nov 2020)

Frank Feighan: Budget 2021 allocated €10m in new developments for drugs policy and inclusion health. Of this, €4m is being provided to enhance drug and alcohol services as follows: - €1m to develop targeted drug and alcohol initiatives through the network of drug and alcohol task forces, and to increase in core funding for existing services - €2m to increase residential treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (24 Nov 2020)

Frank Feighan: Budget 2021 allocated €10m in new developments for drugs policy and inclusion health. Of this, €4m is being provided to enhance drug and alcohol services as follows: - €1m to develop targeted drug and alcohol initiatives through the network of drug and alcohol task forces, and to increase in core funding for existing services - €2m to increase residential treatment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...bigger question, which I am unsure if the Minister will be able to answer, is how to undercut criminal gangs in this country. Such gangs are largely profiteering and generating money through the drug industry. That is essentially what they are doing. Robbing banks is yesterday's kind of activity for criminal gangs. These gangs generate enormous amounts of money through the drugs...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (21 Mar 2006)

Noel Ahern: The national advisory committee on drugs and the drug and alcohol information and research unit, Northern Ireland, commissioned the first drug prevalence survey, the purpose of which was to establish the population prevalence of drug use on the island of Ireland, in 2002-03. This study surveyed more than 8,000 people aged between 15 and 64 in Ireland and Northern Ireland between October 2002...

Written Answers — Drugs Classifications: Drugs Classifications (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I am aware of the report of the Drug Policy Action Group "Criminal Justice Drug Policy in Ireland" to which the Deputy refers. I understand that the UK system divides different kinds of illegal drugs into three categories, or classes. These classes (A, B and C) carry different levels of penalty for possession and dealing. Class A drugs are those considered most harmful and are subject to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Oct 2022)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Smith for raising the important issue of reducing access to illegal drugs. My Department and the whole of government are acutely aware of the sustained and significant damage that drug dealing has on communities right across the country. I assure the Deputy that tackling drug dealing and associated criminal activity, including by organised crime gangs, is a top priority...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The Deputy may be aware that the Department of Health leads on Government policy in the area of drugs, and this policy is guided by the national drugs and alcohol strategy "Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery - a health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025". This strategy represents a whole-of-Government response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland. The implementation of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Dec 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that in 1998, the personnel strength of the Cork City Drug Unit was 20. At that time, this Unit would have taken a lead role in Regional drug initiatives and operations in conjunction with the Garda National Drugs Unit. Between 1998 and the present day, under the commitment of An Garda Síochána to the National Drug Strategy, Divisional and District...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (1 Jun 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 together. The Gardaí are in fact conducting a crackdown on drug-related crime in West Dublin. Elements of this crackdown include "Operation Anvil", which in the Dublin Metropolitan Region includes monitoring of pharmacies, "Operation Clean Street", which targets street dealers and the local "Dial to Stop Drugs" programme. The Garda National Drugs...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The Government is committed to addressing problem drug use in a comprehensive way, as is clear from the programme for Government. Our overall strategic objective is to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by having a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. As...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug Crime (30 Apr 2013)

Dinny McGinley: ...Equality, who is unable to be present, as Deputy Keating has noted, due to Cabinet business this evening. The Minister wishes to thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Tackling the issue of drug misuse in society remains one of the most complex challenges the Government faces. The national response to the problem is set out in the national drugs strategy for the period 2009 to 2016....

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006) See 2 other results from this debate

Damien English: It is a question. The Minister says he is happy that €5 million has been given to the regional drugs task forces but that is less than €250,000 per county to tackle drugs. It will not even cover four or five staff in a treatment centre or working with young people to prevent them taking the drugs road. Will he return to the Government and ask for an increase in money to fight drugs? Youth...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Collins: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— global opium production jumped by 65 per cent from 2016 to 2017, the highest ever recorded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and global cocaine manufacture rose by 56 per cent between 2013 and 2016, reaching its highest level ever in 2016; — illicit drugs like opium and cocaine are booming and new drugs...

National Drugs Strategy. (13 Dec 2006)

Noel Ahern: ...Nos. 44, 51, 53 and 88 together. I have been aware for some time of the anecdotal evidence of increased cocaine prevalence and, for this reason, last year I asked the national advisory committee on drugs and the national drugs strategy team to prepare a briefing paper on cocaine. This paper was presented at the last interdepartmental group on drugs meeting in September 2006. The paper...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Colm Burke: I welcome the decision on the benefits that cystic fibrosis patients will enjoy as a result of the decision to make two drugs available. I thank the Minister for Health and the Department for coming to an agreement on that issue. We also need to look at the agreement between pharmaceutical companies and the Government over 12 months ago on a saving of over €600 million in the cost of...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (17 Oct 2007)

Déirdre de Búrca: I thank the Minister of State for his overview of the current national drugs strategy and his intentions in regard to the new strategy for 2009-16. Until recently I was a member of the Bray local drugs task force, so I had an opportunity to experience directly the implementation of the national drugs strategy at a local level. I was very impressed by the cross-sectoral and partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (26 May 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Government's response to the problem of drug misuse in our society is set out in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The Strategy is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a co-ordinated approach across many Government Departments and Agencies, in conjunction with the Community and Voluntary sectors to tackling the drugs problem. Prevention and...

Drug Seizures. (7 Nov 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...mindful of the need for caution in the interpretation of such statistics, especially when attempting to extrapolate any trends over short periods, the CSO report provides us with important data on drug offences statistics and trends. I stress to Deputy Howlin that unlike other serious crimes such as murder, armed robbery and rape, the drug figures in Garda records and in the CSO...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Undefined (20 May 2020)

Charles Flanagan: I share the Deputy’s concern about the serious issue of drug-related intimidation in communities which involves the targeting of persons who use drugs, or their family or friends in relation to a drug debt. I appreciate that the threat of violence to enforce drug debt impacts people's lives greatly and can create an atmosphere of fear within communities.  While the reality is...