Results 1-20 of 76 for drugs speaker:John McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if all cancer drug therapies available to Irish patients are universally and equitably available on the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16969/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: ...of gardaí allocated to Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the past five years; how they have been deployed in each county; and her views on the overall level of crime in each county and in particular drug-related crime. [6525/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...he brief the committee, by writing to the clerk, if necessary, on what actions are being taken to deal with the deficit of policing presence in south Kilkenny? I reiterate that the whole issue of drugs is out of control. I would like some sort of response in that regard. My second question relates to a memorandum of the Government in 2016. I understood at that time that Garda numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs taskforce for the south east is operating with a full complement of staff; the level of funding allocated to the project for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51883/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...dealing with HRT right up through to asthma are being shared on social media or people are trying to source them on social media. I also ask the Taoiseach to clarify the funding for high-tech drugs. Where people are on these drugs, will the funding for these drugs continue to be provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...the local chief has the staff and the capability and actively goes after those who are criminally of interest to the force and that are known to be carrying out activities around the movement of drugs. That is why I am here. The drugs issue in the south east is horrendous. Any class of drug can be bought on any street corner now, in most small villages throughout the country. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...in place to service those areas? I know people, particularly elderly people, who live in fear because of what is going on in rural Ireland. Will the Minister address that with a policy? The drug scene down the country - I am sure it is the same as Dublin or anywhere else - is completely out of control. Drugs are being sold from houses and on street corners. They are being peddled...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...it is far away from what he was asked to do. The man who killed Shane O'Farrell had 42 convictions but Shane had no light on his bike. The man was known to the gardaí and known to be involved in drugs, but Shane had no light on his bike. 6 o’clock The car had no national car test, NCT, which was known to the Garda one hour beforehand, but Shane had no light on his bike....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug plaquenil will be approved for use in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52558/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: ...be rigidly examined and scrutinised. I accept all that - in fact, I would want it - but I do not believe it should extend to my family members, and there are others who feel the same. Is a drug dealer a politically exposed person? He or she would have the wherewithal to buy political favouritism.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: That is my point. Officials know my son and daughter but they do not know the drug dealer. It is weighted in such a way that makes it very strange for those who come under the legislation or the EU directive to accept it. I do not accept it. I accept the principle of what our guests are trying to do but I do not accept the way this is being addressed. I am asking you as the officials who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Sep 2022)

John McGuinness: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the south east regional drug and alcohol task force has not had a full-time co-ordinator for almost three years; if all parties are acting with appropriate haste to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Health Services Staff (14 Jul 2022)

John McGuinness: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the south east regional drug and alcohol task force has not had a full-time coordinator for over two years; the action being taken to ensure that the full time position is restored; if the person that was in the full-time position is still being paid by the HSE; if so, if he will resolve the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: ...and Waterford over the past five years; the number of Garda stations closed in each of the past five years in each county; and the number of personnel attached to each special unit such as serious crime, drugs and others [16463/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

John McGuinness: ...That is what is happening. Those who are in management positions are looking on. The department of psychiatry in Kilkenny is simply not fit for purpose. In it there are excessive amounts of drugs being administered to patients who are unfortunate enough to be there. When they are released into the community there are no supports for them, none. One autistic teenager was lying on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 648. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making the drug epidiolex available to patients on medical cards when prescribed by a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Sep 2020)

John McGuinness: 1288. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug pembro will be provided for a person (details supplied); the process to achieve approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21993/20]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

John McGuinness: ...No single party should be left out of a discussion on the future of this country. It is the future for us, our children, our families, and our communities. Our communities are being devastated by drugs, by crime and by the lack of political leadership that has left this country down. No Member of this House can be proud of where we stand today. That position in itself should drive us...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: Isaac Brennan was here with the Minister in the course of lobbying for the drug in question. A commitment was given that treatment would be started once the drug was approved. The drug has been approved but the treatment is being delayed. I understand there is a need for investment in personnel and infrastructure at Temple Street Hospital. Will the Tánaiste investigate the matter and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: ...to do with the question that was asked. He should be ashamed of himself. He was asked a specific question about supporting Mr. Holmes in the context of a cost of €5,111 for 30 treatments of the drug. All the Minister of State did, however, was give us a history lesson. The Government is cold and callous if it can stand back and watch the likes of John Holmes die when all he...