Results 1-20 of 110 for drugs speaker:Hildegarde Naughton

Committee Establishment: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform pursuant to Standing Order 118A(2)(b), a Special Committee on Drugs Use is hereby established, with Orders of Reference as contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for Special Committee on Drugs Use", a copy of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...will be keeping it monitored. Regarding nitrous oxide, for the first time I have allocated €1.5 million for education and evidence-based prevention measures. They will raise awareness around drugs and alcohol addiction. This part of the response in relation to nitrous oxide. I completely support An Garda Síochána in relation to this. This is about education and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (without debate) - Motion re Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for Special Committee on Drugs Use" (without debate) - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Ráitis maidir leis an nGaeilge chun Seachtain na...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...children study from 2018, 11% of children between ten and 17 years have tried smoking. That marked a decline of 5% from 16% in 2014. According to the European schools project on alcohol and other drugs in Ireland, 32% of 15- and 16-year-olds had tried smoking and 14% were current smokers. Initiatives such as the quit smoking programme are really important to get that message out. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Health Research Board regularly produces information on that. We know it is not good to take drugs. The national drugs strategy addresses harm reduction and helping those in addiction. We all know the devastating effects of addiction, not only on those who are in addiction but on their families and the communities across the country that are devastated. That is why the work of the...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann resolves that the Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022 be deemed to be read a second time this day nine months, so as to allow sufficient time for the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs to be considered by the Oireachtas.". I welcome the opportunity...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...and Final Stages) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 10.45 p.m. or after 2 hrs, whichever is the later) Wednesday's private members' business shall be Second Stage of the Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022, selected by People Before Profit-Solidarity. Thursday's business shall be the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 (Second Stage, resumed, if not previously...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (18 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The number of residential beds available for drug treatment services in 2023 was 1,036. According to 2022 National Drug Treatment Reporting System data the total number of cases treated for problem drug use was 12,009. This is the highest annual number recorded to- date. 1,458 cases received inpatient (overnight) treatment. Separately, there were 7,421 cases treated for alcohol as the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Drugs Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, ‘A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025’, sets out a health-led approach to drug use. The strategy supports high quality monitoring, evaluation, and research to ensure evidence-informed policies and practice. Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) was first identified in Europe in May 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Health and the HSE are acutely aware of the dangers of new drugs, including synthetic opioids. They work in collaboration with European partners to prepare and respond to fentanyl or other new synthetic opioids, or other drugs, that may emerge. An Garda Siochana has not reported any seizures of fentanyl. There has been no laboratory analytical confirmation of fentanyl...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Strengthening harm reduction responses to high-risk drug use is a priority in the national drug strategy.. Strengthening harm reduction responses in the night-time economy and festivals, including drug checking, form part of this priority. Ketamine is what is known as a ‘dissociative aesthetic’ which is used in medicine and veterinary care. While it is not a new drug trend...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The principal officer in the Drugs Policy and Social Inclusion Unit in the Department of Health is responsible for Traveller health. The Mental Health Unit in the Department is responsible for Traveller mental health. The HSE is responsible for the provision of healthcare services for Travellers. This is overseen by the National Social Inclusion Office. The HSE has established the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., a further €55,000 was awarded for a peer-led research project to develop a Traveller mental wellness continuum framework. Funding of €500,000 was provided to increase access and provision of community drug and alcohol services, with a focus on services Travellers, women and LGBTI+. In Budget 2023, the Dept of Health allocated an additional €1.3 million to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Strategic Action Plan for the National Drugs Strategy 2023-2024 is based on the six strategic priorities identified following the mid-term review of the strategy in 2021. The action plan was developed by strategic implementation groups reporting to the national oversight committee. A progress report for the first year will be published in due course. The HSE spends over €140m...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: ...for Justice but the Garda Commissioner. I also want to raise one particular aspect of Sinn Féin's reaction to recent events. As part of my brief in the Department of Health, I meet with people in drug and alcohol addiction and also provide the services to help them. I have never posted a picture or video on social media of a vulnerable person in need of help. Sinn Féin, on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: DRIVE is a national interagency initiative which sets out a model including national and linked community structures and systems to support communities to respond to drug related intimidation. The Department of Health has allocated €250,000 to support the development of DRIVE. €200k of that funding was used to resource a national project team comprising of a DRIVE Data and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Industry (30 Nov 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...year to ease the impact of the cost of living and inflationary costs on services. In February this year one off funding was announced for providers of health related community and voluntary services. Most drug and alcohol projects were awarded a one off 3.5% increase or a minimum of €1000. Further information on the scheme and the list of organisations benefitting is in the link:...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...;5.5 million, with an additional €650,000 estimated to be incurred by the end of the year. This will lead to an overall shortfall in the subhead of €1.879 million, which will be offset by savings from subhead A4, tribunal of inquiry. Moving to the citizens’ assembly subhead, the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use has concluded its series of six meetings and will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...2022, with 17,359 files received in 2022. Over the same period, there has been a 28% increase in investigation files received for public order offences. There has been a 65% increase in misuse of drugs files received and a 54% increase in files related to criminal damage, and a 58% increase in non-fatal offences and assault files. On an international front, there has been a 77%...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. As the person with responsibility for the national drugs strategy, I think your points are extremely valid. There will also be valuable input from the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use which will issue its report to Government and the Oireachtas in the next few weeks. The report contains 36 recommendations. Since I came into this role 11 months ago I have travelled the...