Results 1-20 of 186 for drugs speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...on individuals and Irish society. When talking to Mark, he really impressed on me the fact that if you are an alcoholic, you do not really think that your next drink is going to solve your problems; if you have a drug addiction, you do not really think that your next hit is going to solve your problems; but if you are a gambler, you really do think that your next bet is going to solve all...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...is an astonishing proposition. I have discussed it with lawyers and they are equally astonished. It leads to a bizarre, nonsensical and unacceptable conclusion. Are we meant to believe the Oireachtas can legislate against misuse of drugs, for example, but opium dens should be exempted from the law so long as they charge a membership fee at the door, or that clubs on St. Stephen's Green...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (16 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...would be something smaller and more pointed for a particular community. It can lead to frustration if somebody very much believes the person across the road or around the corner is benefiting from the drugs trade or whatever. It is a smaller type of glamorous lifestyle they are leading but it is a major irritant. It is not the big showy stuff but the smaller stuff. My next question...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... That speaks to the lack of attention paid to human trafficking generally. It has not been given the same degree of attention in Ireland as other crimes with an international element, such as drug smuggling. We need to move on it. We are one of the most open and globalised economies in the world. We rely heavily on global supply chains and, as such, have a particular moral obligation...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...? Can we agree that four-month sentences are pointless and that incarcerating people with addiction issues, mental health issues, or both, is counterproductive. We can work together on that. On drugs, who will the new Minister for drugs be? Will the Government use the Oireachtas committee on the findings of the citizens' assembly to chart a new course on drugs policy in Ireland? Will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (22 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown by age of people who have been given a ten-year mandatory sentence for drugs issues over the past decade. [8222/24]

Transfer of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (14 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Commission documents that the processing of PNR data has become a widely used law-enforcement tool in the EU and beyond to protect against terrorism and other forms of serious crime, such as drug-related offences, human trafficking and child sexual exploitation, and to prevent such crimes from being committed. It has also been proven to constitute an important source of information to...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... I am at this for approximately ten years. Ten years ago I was sat down by Anna Quigley of CityWide, who told me what decriminalisation meant. She said it is not about the decriminalisation of drugs as much as it is about the decriminalisation of people. This debate is really about people more than it is about drugs. For the record, we support this Bill. The Labour Party believes in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall allocation to drugs units in each county in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [4137/24]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am trying to and want to be as fair as I possibly can. There are youth workers who say their work trying to encourage young people not to fall into the trap of the far right, drug gangs and so on is being made more difficult. There are people on the edges of all these actions, including bad actors and those who are led by bad actors. Does the Minister not accept that labelling the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the streets in Dublin, the Government has decided it can no longer put a roof over the heads of people seeking international protection. What a colossal failure. It is a cross-governmental failure to engage in genuine reform of our prison system and drug policy or to properly tackle the causes of social exclusion. Our prison system is vastly overcrowded. In September, the Inspector...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can I get a response on the issue I raised about drugs, possession for personal use and the injecting facility?

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...would help them police open injecting in the city centre. Mr. Harris’s words carry much weight, so not to be fulsome in his support of the injecting facility drags down the entire agenda of changing drugs policy and being more humane.

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...about. One is the number of resignations from the force that we have and how that feeds into the issue of morale. I also want to talk about the number of charges that are being brought for possession of drugs for personal use and about community gardaí. On community gardaí, there is a feeling, perception or otherwise that the community Garda service is being squeezed or that...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...what Deputy Daly said about people buying out their pensions? I ask the Minister to speak to the issue of morale. The second issue relates to the number of people charged this year for the possession of drugs for their own personal use. I am going to keep raising this as long as I have breath in my body. The figure for 2023 is 6,396 but, in 2017, that number was 3,692. We have seen...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am conscious of time. I would appreciate if I could get a quick answer on drugs.

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Really? Is the Minister putting together legislation in advance of the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and Cork, which is completely justifiable, also be forwarded to my constituents in Dublin who experienced flooding in August? In light of the conclusion of work of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that there is massive momentum now for a change in drug policy here to make it much more health focused and to talk about the decriminalisation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have had charges entered against them for simple possession of a controlled drug for their own personal use in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [46656/23]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... It is getting the biggest squeeze and is certainly not being expanded. I agree with Deputy Costello about the other two presentations on social issues in Dublin. Alcohol was not mentioned. Are we to believe that the only drug taking in Dublin is done on the street? I am quite sure people are taking cocaine in restaurants, pubs and nightclubs and they are getting intoxicated with...