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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (17 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227, 228 and 229 together. I am advised by my officials that the Irish Prison Service policy ‘Keeping Drugs out of Prison’ was introduced in 2006 to address many aspects of drug use in prison, including measures to reduce the use of illegal drugs in the prison setting. In 2008, the Operational Support Group (OSG) was established which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (17 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 to 269, inclusive, together. The continued disruption of the supply of all illicit drugs remains a priority for An Garda Síochána and the other state agencies tasked with responsibilities in this regard. A concerted effort has been made over the past two years to ensure that the detection and prevention of these types of criminal activity...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Sep 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The institutional arrangements to support cross agency working, advise on operational and policy matters, assess progress across the National Drugs Strategy and address any operational difficulties include the Drugs Advisory Group and the Oversight Forum on Drugs. The Drugs Advisory Group has a specific mandate to oversee and support the work of the Drugs Task Forces. Drugs Task Forces play...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Dealing (17 Feb 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 collected information from 5,762 people aged 15 years and older...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that Operation Marshall was a policing operation undertaken by the Garda National Drugs Unit with support from local drug units during the period June to December 2010. The operation targeted drug dealing in the following three Garda Divisions within the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) - Dublin North-Central, Dublin South-Central and Dublin West. I am...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...the road of organised crime but a small number of people from these and other communities participate in this activity. One of the main drivers of organised crime is the supply and distribution of drugs. It is the key driver of organised crime. When controlled drugs in the State are controlled by organised crime we have a problem. The controlled drugs that people use are controlled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)

Frank Feighan: Government policy in relation to drug and alcohol addiction services is set out in the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery-a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. Earlier this year the Health Research Board published the National Drug and Alcohol Survey 2019/20, which is funded by the Department of Health and managed by the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy (6 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: Drug misuse in our communities is a complex social problem and one which is very often linked to issues of social exclusion. The national response to the problem of drug misuse is set out in the National Drugs Strategy for the period 2009-2016. The Strategy provides a co-ordinated and comprehensive response to the problem and is founded on a partnership approach. Under this partnership...

Written Answers — Drug Prevalence: Drug Prevalence (31 Jan 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed that currently, the joint Prevalence Survey undertaken in partnership between the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD — Republic of Ireland) and the Drugs and Alcohol Information and Research Unit (DAIRU — Northern Ireland) is generally regarded as the most reliable baseline data on drug prevalence in Ireland. That study, which surveyed 8,442 people aged 15-64 in...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (16 May 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of personnel specifically assigned to the Garda Drug Unit in Galway on 30 April 2009 and 30 April 2012 was 13 and 12 respectively. The total Divisional strength on each of those dates was 590 and 582 respectively. The problem of drug misuse is tackled in a coordinated and integrated way under the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The...

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

Noel Ahern: The officials of my Department and I are in ongoing contact with all those involved in disrupting the use of illegal drugs in this country. A comprehensive framework for a co-ordinated Government response to the issue of drug misuse is already in place. The national drugs strategy 2001-08 addresses the problem of drug misuse across a number of pillars — supply reduction, prevention,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1624 and 1625 together. Government policy in relation to drug and alcohol addiction services is set out in the National Drugs Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery-a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. Action 11 of the strategy aims to strengthen early harm reduction responses to current and emerging trends and patterns of...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (26 Jan 2005) See 2 other results from this answer

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 Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (7 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The law enforcement response to drug trafficking remains an important feature of our overall approach to tackling the supply of illicit drugs under the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The continued disruption of the supply of all illicit drugs, including herbal cannabis, remains a priority under the Strategy for all agencies tasked with responsibilities in this regard. An Garda...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (3 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: For some years now Departments and agencies involved in delivering the National Drugs Strategy have provided estimates of their expenditure in combating problem drug use. The figures that are compiled relate to services that are, for the most part, directly aimed at dealing with the drugs issue under the Strategy. Thus the estimates do not include mainstream services that impact positively...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Since the publication of the Government's National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008, Garda resources generally in the fight against illicit drugs have increased. This is particularly evident with the creation of additional Divisional Drug Units in areas of particular need. These Drugs Units operate in Divisions throughout the country with a primary focus on local drugs activities. The Garda National...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Dealing (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I share the Deputy's concern about the destructive impact which anti-social behaviour and drug-dealing can have on communities and the importance of tackling such behaviour effectively, both for the communities and for those involved in drug taking which leads to so many drug-related deaths in our communities. Government policy is guided by the national drugs strategy "Reducing...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (16 May 2006)

Noel Ahern: ...year. I congratulate the Gárdaí on their success in that regard, including recent seizures in Cork and Dublin, and on their significant on-going contribution to disrupting the sale of illegal drugs in this State. Supply reduction is one of the cornerstones of the National Drugs Strategy and An Garda Síochána play a huge role in this respect. In 2005 a total of 3,545 people in the...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (10 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am setting out below a tabular statement giving the latest available information in relation to drug seizures for 2007, 2008 and this year to date (up to and including 11 September 2009). As I have said before when replying to similar questions on this subject in the House, because of the covert nature of the activity, it is simply not possible to give a reliable estimate of the...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (22 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...2006 is directly attributable to increased law enforcement through intelligence driven operations at national, regional, divisional and district level which is co-ordinated by the Garda National Drugs Unit in conjunction with other specialist Garda units and local Garda management. An Garda Síochána invokes a number of broad strategic responses in addressing the issue. These include the...