Results 1-20 of 31 for drugs speaker:Alan Farrell

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this important Bill. As has been said during the course of the debate, the Bill focuses on three key areas, namely speed limits, penalty points and drug testing. The Bill proposes to make our roads safer for all those who use the road network and I hope it will save lives. The Bill before us will reduce speed limits at varying levels on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...Deputy Costello. I too am surprised by this because the vast majority of the issues of which I am informed, particularly in the city centre but also in our towns and villages, are alcohol-related rather than drug-related. One of the city centre issues of which I am acutely aware, and I know housing was mentioned, is the concentration of addiction services and the impact that has on the...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...also pleased the Government has taken the necessary steps in the banning of disposable vaping products. Others have noted data collected in the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs. Its report was published in 2019. Almost 2,000 aged 15 and 16 years completed its survey. It reported that 39% had used e-cigarettes and 16% reported having used one in the last 30...

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

Alan Farrell: ...exceptionally well, to recruit individuals to An Garda Síochána and to entice sufficient numbers with the prerequisite skills into Tusla to support communities, particularly those ravaged by crime or drugs. While I appreciate that the Government has done a great deal in recent years, there are issues with recruitment and retention both in An Garda Síochána and Tusla....

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Farrell: ..., it should be referred to as organised crime and not just gangland because then I can talk about paramilitary and other organisations, not just those involved in what we refer to as gangland crime The Special Criminal Court has been a crucial component in our attack against violence, drugs and terror. The promotion and continued existence of the Special Criminal Court has consistently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn the unavailability of certain prescription drugs (details supplied) and the effects this is having on patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3235/23]

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...leniency than if they had, in fact, fulfilled their dark intentions in the first place. Gangs operating within the State are often doing their very best to flood our towns and cities with drugs and mayhem. They believe they are untouchable. In the recent past we have learned that they are not untouchable from either the arm of An Garda Síochána or, indeed, their rivals....

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...safety codes and help tackle and reduce harmful content, with Schedule 3 to the Bill listing a range of categories on the basis of the legislation, including sexual offences, rape, people and drug trafficking and other offences that will be included. I will focus on the measures relating to cyberbullying, eating disorders and self-harm and-or suicide, which have the potential to cause...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Farrell: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of drug seizures in Ireland in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57132/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Alan Farrell: ...least, not to purchase a car and perhaps get into the habit of using public transport more often, where it is available. Increases in the pension, fuel allowance and social welfare and the reduction in the drugs payments scheme are also very welcome initiatives in this budget. I should also mention, for the eighth time in my ten years in this House, an increase in the national minimum...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Alan Farrell: ...more than 10,000 people. Fingal has the youngest and most diverse community in Ireland. The combination of the closure of schools and lockdowns has had unfortunate consequences. Foróige has a drug education service programme. We need to consider such alternative service providers for additional funding. I appreciate that this suggestion will cover many Departments, not just the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of possession of drugs for personal use; the considerations being given to future changes to the law in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (13 Oct 2020)

Alan Farrell: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the use of the quality-adjusted life year in determining drug funding; the conclusions made to its effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30007/20]

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...being a mayor in County Louth in the future if he was ever "retired" - his word, not mine - from this House. If he was able to call to see the chief superintendent in the Louth division on foot of the seizure of drugs worth €950,000, as happened yesterday, nobody in County Louth would mind one bit. They would be happy that the mayor of one of the major towns in the county was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (28 Mar 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...Síochána on an annual basis over the past five years in tabular form, with particular reference to those detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 and section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14327/18]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...Justice, Defence and Equality, chaired by Deputy David Stanton, and dealt with the Portuguese model. It was about harm reduction and a rehabilitative approach to possession of small amounts of illegal drugs. It was an eye-opening experience for me. I had been very much against any sort of relaxation in the approach to drug policy. I would have gone in quite the opposite direction....

Topical Issue Matters (16 Jun 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...and the social and economic consequences of this; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - concerns of parents who believe their children developed adverse side-effects from the human papilloma virus vaccine drug Gardasil; (3) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - extending the period of time a person can participate in the Tús workplace initiative, giving consideration to a person's age; (4) Deputy Jackie...

Adjournment Debate Matters (1 Jun 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 23(3) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - resourcing the Cavan-Monaghan drug and alcohol awareness services in terms of funding and personnel; (2) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the delay in upgrading the...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...recruits or experienced, senior officers, on the work they do on our behalf, putting their lives on the line daily and tackling everything from small, petty incidents to serious subversives, terrorists and drug lords. I know they do tremendous work in very difficult circumstances, with new recruits in particular not being paid enough - it is not the first time I have made that remark in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Farrell: Can the Chair direct me as to the subheads under which I should raise the two matters outstanding, one is in regard to drug use-----