Results 1-20 of 80 for drugs speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 10 be taken before No. 1. We are introducing the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023. As most Members are aware, nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas, is probably the recreational drug most abused by those aged 18 or younger. It is probably apt that we have such an abundant number of young...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...got their day in the public eye to be able to say the truths of their experience and receive justice. Senator Kyne welcomed the expansion of facilities in the Saolta hospital group. Senator Ardagh asked for further funding for high-tech drugs and that the speed at which they are approved increase. Senator Sherlock brought up the Not Our Fault campaign, which is outside the doors of...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...to worry themselves. We need to take action. We will be unapologetic in proposing that we make this a stand-alone Bill for the perpetrators of spiking. They have been known in the past as date rape drugs for a reason. God forgive me, but if that is the person’s intention then that person should definitely be going to prison.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...Kaftrio yesterday by the Department of Health and the Minister. I do too, particularly because we know somebody very close to us will deservingly get their medicine now. Going through the system just to get drugs is so painful and demeaning, particularly when the drug in question has already been allocated to older people in the country. I welcome the announcement. Senator Keogan also...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...five minutes and their time can be shared, and the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate; and No. 3, motion regarding the establishment of the citizens’ assembly on drug use, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and to conclude at 2.45 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed eight minutes,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...councils currently have, which has an impact on delivering services. I will arrange that debate. Senator Carrigy looked for a debate to join that requested by Senator Ahearn with regard to the drug Cariban and hyperemesis gravidarum, and wants to add to the debate the heel-prick test additions he has been seeking for many months now. Senator Craughwell did not get to make a request...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That Seanad Éireann: approves the establishment of a Citizens’ Assembly, to be known as the ‘Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use’, to consider the legislative, policy and operational changes the State could make to significantly reduce the harmful impacts of illicit drugs on individuals, families, communities and wider society, and to bring forward...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...we are dancing around now is about whether it will cost X or Y amount of money. I do not understand why we cannot have that argument and long debate, if that is what the HSE wants, after giving the kids the drugs which will have a massive impact on their lives. It is disingenuous. It is incumbent on us to keep raising it here week-in, week-out until we get it. I will contact the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...average 16- to 26-year old. While we may be asking questions, we are not getting to the root of where these guns are coming from and what the organisations' connections are with criminality and drugs. Senator Kyne opened today by talking about inland fisheries, as he has done here over recent weeks. There is potential that he will seek a review but we will get to that on another day....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...will be a protest of support outside the GPO at 7 o'clock this evening. I thank her for bringing that to our attention. Senator Hoey spoke about a meeting she and her colleagues held regarding drugs and the need for decriminalisation. We need to bring forward the drug policy reforms in the ongoing review at the Department of Justice sooner rather than later. I thank her for raising...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...legislation that has been promised. I do not know the date on which the heads of Bill will be published but I will certainly make inquiries and come back to him. Senator Davitt asked for a debate on class A drugs. It is scary to consider how common they are, even in the rural parts of our country, so it is certainly a worthwhile debate to put on the agenda. Senator Boylan spoke about...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...department, where each pair of teenagers from the trio acted as witnesses for the third, making the directives all legally valid. One teenager is subsequently brought in unconscious, perhaps it is drug-related or accidental, and the advance directive is found in his or her pocket. Under the UK Act, a doctor, knowing that the patient is fully salvageable and may be helped, can make a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...;naithe scheme. I suggest he writes to the Ministers for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Finance, to request same. Senator Seery Kearney, supported by Senator Conway, sought a debate on how drugs get onto the illness benefit scheme or medical card scheme lists. I will inquire as to the current position so that we can all be clear on it and then I will organise a debate so...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...matter today, raised the issue of the 35 supporters of children who are outside the gates of Leinster House this afternoon. It is fair to say that we all support the people who are waiting on this drug, Kaftrio. We know the life-changing impact it has had from the previous campaigns by parents of children aged over 12 who were provided with the drug some years ago. When the negotiations...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: .... I join with both Senators, and I can safely speak for most of us here, that it is beyond time for the Government to apologise sincerely to the people who were born with disabilities arising from the drug that the State did not intervene in time to withdraw, even though we knew about it. It is also beyond time that we compensate those people properly. The apology could be immediately...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...Keogan asked me to write a letter to the Minister for Health and I will do that today. I ask her for information on the reasons 35 children have been excluded from the scheme for the Kaftrio drug. This welcome scheme gives enormous hope to hundreds of people, particularly young people aged under 18, who are suffering from cystic fibrosis. They need to have hope and be able to aspire to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...other with respect. That goes every way, not just one way. Senator Wall seconded the amendment to the Order of Business, which I am very happy to accept. He also asked for a debate on prescription drugs and HRT in particular. I have been investigating this for the last couple of weeks because of requests people have made of me. There are the usual explanations about supply chains,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...she represents. It is a small but growing community. It is certainly worthy of the Senator's membership. I congratulate her. As he has on many occasions, Senator Ahearn raised hyperemesis and the drug in Ireland which is prescribed, bought and paid for by families, Cariban. It is unlicensed, which has meant historically that the reimbursement scheme has not been able to reimburse...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...Senator raised the matter this morning and other colleagues have mentioned it in the past number of weeks, probably as a result of the campaign to ensure it can be included in the medical scheme of drugs acceptable to be paid for. This might seem like a fool's errand because the women who are lucky enough to be able to afford this treatment pay for it and it is very costly. Far fewer...