Results 1-20 of 41 for drugs speaker:Niamh Smyth

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise for having to leave the meeting earlier as there are a number of meetings I have to attend today. I refer again to the drugs unit for Cavan-Monaghan, which I mentioned at the previous meeting. Is there any update on bolstering that unit, which is absolutely crucial? I have a related question. My understanding from replies to parliamentary questions I submitted is that there...

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

Niamh Smyth: ...sale and supply of illegal substances. He also referred to the almost 7,500 applicants to fill operational specialist support roles. I want to ask the Commissioner specifically about specialised drugs units. I refer to the joint policing committee meetings that are held in Cavan-Monaghan and that I attend. I know the Commissioner attends such meetings. He has been on the ground and has...

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

Niamh Smyth: But is it the Commissioner's intention to still have these drugs units-----

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

Niamh Smyth: I apologise for interrupting. Another important aspect of all of this are the drugs units within divisions across the country. Cavan-Monaghan has 12 gardaí allocated to that. My understanding is that between transfers, promotions and changes to rosters, that number is going to deplete. What impact are all these issues having on incredibly important units within An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Mar 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pharmacies are struggling to issue prescriptions for essential drugs for patients on long-term essential medication, namely, valsartan and Krka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15660/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Niamh Smyth: ...useful. It certainly supports the work done by the Garda. Hopefully, it means that these young people do not go down a path that leads them further into the criminal system. I must speak about the situations with drugs. My constituency is not unique in this regard and it is happening nationally. There may be a perception that it is most prevalent in the bigger cities. It is...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Niamh Smyth: ...opportunity go when the Minister spoke about retention and recruitment. Will he speak further to that? At justice and policing committee, JPC, meetings over the past 12 to 18 months, the topic of the drugs unit for Cavan-Monaghan has been raised time and again. I know it is an operational matter, but I make the point that, over Christmas and the new year, I attended the funerals of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 Jan 2023)

Niamh Smyth: 750. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the drug cariban is not available free of charge to pregnant women who are suffering with sickness during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Oct 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application by a person (details supplied) under the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division. [46793/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 1441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application under the drug payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to the drugs unit in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink driving offences recorded in the Cavan Monaghan division in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of drug driving offences excluding alcohol offences over the same period. [57042/21]

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

Niamh Smyth: Substance abuse, principally drug and alcohol misuse, is rising throughout our country. As a rural Deputy, I see the growth of drug use in every corner of Cavan-Monaghan and north Meath. It is no longer confined to towns and the margins of society or shadowy places. It is in every strata of society in every village and townland. Young and old are represented in drug misuse statistics and...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Niamh Smyth: Community policing, the presence of community gardaí and drug divisional units are important. These are the people with their finger on the pulse of where communities are at and show how information can be got. The divisional drug unit for Cavan-Monaghan is doing terrific work and is important for our community and society. Unfortunately, recreational drugs are more prevalent, more...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Niamh Smyth: I congratulate Deputy Curran on bringing forward this very timely motion on drug problems, which we see right across the country. It is with a very heavy heart that I stand before the Minister of State to concur with everything that has been said tonight and to tell her that my rural constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, which includes parts of north Meath, faces the same crippling drug problems...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Sep 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the market access system will be reviewed for new drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Jun 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 23 May 2018, the timeframe for the introduction of the drug; if the latest correspondence will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 May 2018)

Niamh Smyth: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; the reason the HSE has not met with the company in question; the position regarding the drug; the reason the HSE has not followed his direction on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22886/18]