Results 1-20 of 238 for drugs speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...that a lot more people have GP cards now than was the case previously. I also recognise that with the abolition of hospital charges, the increase in the GP card threshold and the lowering of the drug refund threshold, the Minister has narrowed the financial difference for those who do not have a card. However, there is a major problem at the moment that I keep coming across which is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...organisation. You also often see philanthropists giving money to universities and so on but they get kudos for that. Do they shy away from the less glamorous organisations, such as charities dealing with ex-prisoners or recovering drug addicts? Does the State have to compensate the charities that are less likely to attract philanthropy? If not, the people at the bottom might lose out....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans he has to strengthen the Irish Naval Service and Air Corps so that they can properly patrol Irish waters in relation to intercepting drug consignments being transported through our waters, enforcing fishery laws as well as assisting in search and rescue missions off our coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42549/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., which has a lateral effect within the community where we get very low educational attainment and, unfortunately, relatively higher numbers going to prison, more antisocial behaviour, more drug use and all these things. Are we making any impression on any of these things? At the end of the day, we can measure all the metrics we want, but these are the only and the ultimate metrics that...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., best way of trying to reduce crime? In that regard, I particularly regret the demise of the RAPID programme. It was abolished in 2011, which hit the most deprived communities hardest. We must ask those who take illegal drugs, including people who use cocaine and say, "Sure, it's only recreational", who they get it from and whether they are part of this whole problem collectively. ...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...Crime Taskforce ... and Police Service of Northern Ireland's Organised Crime Branch. The 27-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of Being Concerned in the Supply of a Class B controlled drug, and she remains in custody at this time. By this time, she was on her way to her own home. Does the Government intend to outline its concerns to the Northern authorities about the release of...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...I do not know how we will defend against this, but to say that we will be safe if we simply keep them out of our waters is foolish in the extreme. I agree with Deputy Berry, in that we need well-paid Defence Forces and clarity about their purpose - peacekeeping, drug interdiction, support for the civil power, protecting our coastal waters, emergencies, etc. I do not have time to go into...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: According to a recent report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ireland is the fourth highest consumer of cocaine globally. This brings a risk of violence, as drug gangs compete for growing markets. According to the report, 2.4% of Irish people reported using cocaine in the past year. Only the Netherlands, Australia and Spain reported higher levels of cocaine use. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the limitations on the availability of a drug (details supplied) under the drugs payment scheme; if it can be prescribed by a general practitioner; if it requires prescription by a consultant; if so, the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6635/23]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...else. I am not fussed about the name. We seem to have lost our focus on the scientifically identified communities with the highest level of challenge regarding education, crime, antisocial behaviour, drug abuse, housing and homelessness etc. Give me a community garda any day to try to solve it rather than a garda with an Uzi submachine gun. I not believe in heavy policing. These are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 713. To ask the Minister for Health when children between six and 11 years of age will be given access to a drug for cystic fibrosis (details supplied); the reason for the delay in doing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39036/22]

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...I have been on about this endless times and the Minister has heard my representations - strip searching is still going on, otherwise called "full body" searching, even though they know there are no drugs in the republican wing, and anything else they might be bringing in could be ascertainable, as happened in Portlaoise Prison, by other means. The Minister is aware that there is...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...of rogue actors, natural disasters, coronavirus and so on. We use them as a support to the gardaí at times, for medical transfers and for ordnance disposal, as naval divers, in fishing protection and drug interdiction and so on. It is important that we invest in all those things. Do I want to spend €1 billion per year playing military games as part of a big military Europe?...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further legislation is being prepared by her Department to give extra powers to An Garda Síochána in relation to reducing the amount of drug-related crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 658. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce drug misuse in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56743/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Travellers' Experiences in Prison and Related Matters: Discussion (21 Oct 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...on this issue of the number of people because it is very relevant. I will particularly focus on the number of women who are in prison with addictions. Does diversion or treatment for alcohol or drugs in a different type of setting give better long-term results than a conventional prison sentence in either Limerick or the Dóchas Centre? I am purposely challenging because this...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...from on the island? I have heard much about prisoners. There are various types of prisoner. The more one visits prisons, the more one sees that prisoners are as varied as society. There are large drug barons with multinational operations, but if one carried out a census of the prison population, one would find that they only constituted a small minority. There are people in prison...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 620. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to open up a new module under the community services programme for applications from rural areas of high unemployment, drugs misuse and deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 574. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to approve a drug (details supplied), which would be life changing for many persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/21]

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...representatives from the AITs around the country. These were the people who lived the experience, not all the professors and all those who lived in much more affluent areas. These were the people who lived in the communities, dealt with the drug problems, lived with the antisocial behaviours, and tried to raise their children and progress them on to better things against the odds. I...