Results 1-20 of 48 for drugs speaker:Paul Murphy

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

Paul Murphy: ...The talk of going back to basics for Fine Gael means rhetorical commitment to law and order, which, if put into action, means abandoning the rhetorical commitment to a public health approach to drugs. It means tax cuts for businesses - cuts to the lowest rates of employers' PRSI in all of the European Union. The Taoiseach will cut it. It means extending relief for developers on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask about a pretty pressing issue for underfunded community drugs projects, namely, the extortionate cost of insurance. I will give a couple of examples from Tallaght to show just what an impact this is having. One project was paying €2,500 six years ago for insurance. That increased to just over €6,000 three years ago. For 2023, the insurance company wanted...

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

Paul Murphy: ...the can down the road and not do it. Third, there is the rhetoric. It is interesting, and it is a sign of the pressure the Government is under, that for the past two years or so, if you ask about drugs in this Chamber, the Government will say it is in favour of a health-led approach. It has got the idea that that is the language to use, but there is no aspect of a health-led approach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: For a number of years, the Government has talked the talk when it comes to a health-led approach to drugs but it definitely has not walked the walk. The failed and failing war on drugs has continued. In 2022, 17,321 controlled drug offences were reported. There has not been the investment needed in the front-line drug addiction services and task forces. Investment has basically stagnated....

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

Paul Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will take action to address the steeply rising insurance costs facing community drug services (details supplied). [52930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is permitted to attend their placement on an ARAS drug treatment course, given that the person is two years drug free and eager to attend the drug treatment course. [43029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health whether he or the relevant Minister of State will engage with the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce, including meeting with the executive, to enable the TDATF to outline the current challenges and opportunities being experienced by the communities of Tallaght and Whitechurch. [32953/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government refers to the drug and alcohol task forces. It says that they "play a key role" in implementing the drug strategy; that the Government will continue to support them "in identifying local need in communities"; that it will "support targeted initiatives"; and that it will address "drug and alcohol misuse". The truth is there has been limited progress on this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 751. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drug payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7103/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that access to cariban is made readily available to all pregnant women prescribed the drug through the drugs payment scheme without the need for additional documentation in order to prevent situations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP on the drug payment scheme; if he agrees with these reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7101/23]

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...Members had any principles left, they would oppose it and refuse to support any amendment that the Minister brings to facilitate this. The real problems communities face, such as antisocial activity, drug crimes and violence against persons, in particular against women, cannot be addressed solely by a policing response, and they cannot be addressed by some magic new technology. For that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach previously told me the Government has a health-led approach to tackling drug addiction. There will be a test of whether the Government means that. Deputy Gino Kenny has brought forward a Bill to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis. All personal drug use should be treated as a harm reduction matter and not a criminal one. This Bill is a necessary step,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Fine Gael Deputy, Paul Kehoe, said here that O'Connell Street was "full of druggies". I ask the Taoiseach to condemn this use of dehumanising and stigmatising language. I find it utterly incredible that a senior Deputy supporting the Government would speak in such a way, punching down at some of the most vulnerable people in our society, namely, those suffering from drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the overall allocation to the drugs initiative budget in his Department has risen every year since 2017, there has been no increase in the core budgets for community drug projects since 2013; and if he will increase funding for community drug projects in budget 2023. [47477/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to make cariban available through the drugs payment scheme and the medical card as soon as possible, ensuring that the drug is licensed for use in Ireland; if he will plan for reimbursement for those who have had to pay for it to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including other workers who have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as those who work in residential drug services in the Covid recognition payment. [7476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paxlovid will be available to high-risk patients in the UK from 10 February 2022; the plans the HSE has to make this drug be available for high-risk patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6840/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 803. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will request his Department to pay for the drug and deliver the required treatment to them in view of the circumstances. [6728/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...protests against the planned closure of the Regina Coeli hostel for women in Belfast. This hostel is the only one of its sort in the North, providing for women who have suffered from homelessness, drug addiction or domestic violence. Now they have been told by the Legion of Mary that it is to close. The workers have refused to accept it. They have occupied the building. A petition by...