Results 1-20 of 34 for drugs speaker:Chris Andrews

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Feb 2024)

Chris Andrews: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details suppled) and ensure that their prescription only drug will be made available to them. [6065/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Pearse Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Kevin Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Irishtown Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42017/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Chris Andrews: .... It is demoralising for the gardaí and for the local communities that they are supporting. Anyone living, or involved, in these communities can clearly see the increasing number of children being groomed by drug gangs as foot soldiers. For example, in Pearse House, young children, from the ages of 8, 9 and ten up, are being paid to smash up closed circuit television, CCTV,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Technological Universities (9 Feb 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...Governments.  They have gone above and beyond to welcome people into the community, people whom other communities did not want.   They took in the homelessness services which other communities would not take and took in drug rehabilitation services which other communities would not take. While there is a diverse community in Dublin 2 and 8, the Government continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services (31 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed the accident and emergency services in Dublin as a result of alcohol and drug misuse in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Jan 2023)

Chris Andrews: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints for assault, anti-social behaviour, sexual misconduct and drug use on the Luas from 2018 to 2022; the number of complaints against security staff in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3776/23]

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: I commend Deputy Ó Ríordáin on bringing forward the motion. This is a really important issue and affects every section of society. We need more discussions as to how we approach the use of drugs in this country. We need to hear from everybody. Everybody has to have a voice on this. Whether we agree or disagree with them, we have to ensure that people are engaged in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2022)

Chris Andrews: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to provide the CF drug kaftrio to a cohort of 35 Irish children aged between six and eleven years, who are currently excluded from access to the drug due to a disagreement between the manufacturers and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Oct 2022)

Chris Andrews: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region south central divisional drug squad for each of the past five years; the number of community gardaí in each station in the division for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47977/22]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Chris Andrews: ..., not just a certain section of society. We must have judges who are in touch with all communities, especially working class communities because those communities live with the brutal reality of drug-related crime and antisocial behaviour. It is consistently said to me that judges are out of touch and leave gardaí fighting crime and social disorder with one arm tied behind their...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...Algerian athlete, Fethi Nourine, and his coach were banned from competing for ten years for refusing to compete against an athlete from apartheid Israel. How can anyone justify that ten-year ban? Drug cheats in sports have got significantly shorter bans of a few months or years. Where is the consistency? It seems that the world's sporting federations view some wars as brutal and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Chris Andrews: ...told me that he slept in an emergency dormitory and when he woke in the morning, the person in the bed next to him was injecting heroin. He is trying to get himself straight but is surrounded by drug use. This style of accommodation is really distressing and makes it very difficult for people to get clean. What is being done to ensure that dormitory-style accommodation is phased out...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...little evidence of such intervention in my constituency. I see new parents struggling with parenting. That is where there needs to be intervention. I see children of ten or 11 years of age running drugs in the community. Working with families needs to be a priority. We need to develop assertive youth work teams that tackle and challenge hard-to-reach young people. This strategy is...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...if there is genuine determination. I am inundated with messages from residents who are fearful for their children's safety and their own safety. Bride Street and Ross Road are like a sweet shop for drug dealers. Garda Shane Griffin from Kevin Street Garda station is doing great work, but he cannot do it on his own and he needs resources. Older people are afraid to leave their homes....

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

Chris Andrews: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the drugs payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case. [34471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Chris Andrews: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the drugs payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on the case. [31394/21]

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...brothers. Both parents work hard and pay €150 a week for a flat that is barely habitable despite their best efforts to keep it well, which they do given the circumstances. Their children are afraid to leave the flat because of the drug dealing and random violence around their home. They pay €600 a month to Dublin City Council and they feel trapped and worried, not for...