Results 1-13 of 13 for drugs speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...It is so far back that I cannot remember it now. It was a different world then. We did not have mobile phones or iPads. We did not even have a TV until I was 12 years old. There was very little drug abuse in the community at the time, and far less pressure on my generation than the young people here have to put up with. We did not have as diverse a cultural spread in those days...

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...involving elderly people trying to defend themselves, as best they can. Many of them are living in fear and that is no way for people to live. The greatest scourge of all is the expansion of the drugs trade. Most people get their information about drugs from reading newspapers and watching television. We form an image of the typical drug dealer. Members will be aware that I have some...

Seanad: First Aid and Mental Health in Schools (Initial Teacher Training) Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... I know a little bit about addiction from personal experience. The earlier there is observation and the earlier there is intervention, the better one is able to deal with a person's weakness for drugs, alcohol or whatever he or she might be doing. A great deal of training is required in observation alone. That is why this Bill will be very helpful. I am not anticipating how these...

Seanad: World AIDS Day: Statements (30 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...main reasons for the rise in the contraction of HIV/AIDS are underlying problems that have been highlighted by international charities as well as experts in the field, such as the use of recreational drugs and engagement in unprotected sexual activity. During the past number of decades, many people all over the world have been vocal in their efforts to raise awareness of this global...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...us on an ongoing basis for renewal, and that is an important protection. There are criminal gangs in this city, which we all know about. Every day we read in the evening newspapers about a murder, drug trafficking, firearms offences, explosives offences and kidnappings, among other crimes. Ordinary citizens in the capital and throughout rural Ireland are living in fear of organised...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...I congratulate the Garda nationally and particularly in the Limerick area on its outstanding success in recent days in bringing about the incarceration of some very serious criminals arising from a drugs bust of very big proportions. This is just another step in the long road that is the battle against organised crime in Limerick and nationally. It is great to see the Garda, and law and...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...on motorways and on other occasions on roads that are just not suitable for accommodating vehicles travelling at that type of speed. This is my personal view and it is obvious that drink, drugs, etc., are also factors. However, I remain convinced that speed is the single biggest factor in road accidents. We must invest more in combating motorists who drive at speed. There are occasions...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...of registration with 3,200 registered vessels. Security is also a significant factor with the increasing problem along our coasts, especially in more remote areas, of the illegal importation of drugs. The tightening of central registration would be effective in monitoring and, hopefully, reducing that nefarious activity. The catalogue of ships subject to registration excludes warships....

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...speed was the foremost among them. The older I get, the more convinced I become that speed is the major problem on our roads. While there are many other problems on our roads, including drink and drug driving, speed is without doubt the biggest factor in road deaths in this country, north, south, east and west. It has reached the point where those of us who have younger family members...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Jan 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...choice in the matter. As a result of those pressures he will be very vulnerable, especially late at night, in terms of people emerging from clubs and other areas under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both. Anybody who has been listening to Joe Duffy's radio programme in recent days will have heard harrowing experiences from taxi drivers who were being robbed of their fares, beaten...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...drink and drive. The drink culture is big in Ireland and we all bought into it. The caricature of the drunken Irishman is not without foundation, which is sad to say. We have contempt for the drug abuser and for the drug pusher who is reviled in Irish society but we all have a great soft spot for the fellow who cannot control his drinking, falls all over the place in the pub, spills...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...the Minister that the presence of the Garda in rural places will be protected. It is not all about drink. The emphasis so far has been on drink and, certainly, it is a significant factor, but drug abuse is ten times worse and more at the root of the problem. One can drink so much but somehow manage to behave oneself, but if one takes those drugs - people are prepared to pay any price...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: The drugs must be stopped.