Results 1-20 of 63 for drugs speaker:Maurice Quinlivan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...a specific additional need, but the school needs a multidisciplinary team. The school is in a challenging area with lots of complex issues, such as the scourge of addiction, be that to alcohol, drugs or gambling. It has already invested its own resources into private assessments for some of the kids, which it should not have to do. I wish to acknowledge and highlight the work the school...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...hate, fear and misinformation. We need to build and strengthen communities and not divide them. We need to resource our communities properly, reverse cuts to community groups, youth services and drug and addiction services. We cannot and should not treat this solely as a policing issue. As I have said, on Thursday a cloud descended over our capital. By the evening, during the...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...into criminality, the gardaí in Limerick seized, among other things, 44 scrambler or off-road vehicles. This is very welcome. These vehicles, along with e-scooters, have become the go-to vehicle for many drug dealers to distribute their wares. I commend the Garda in Limerick on this significant action against the misuse of scramblers and I look forward to seeing these powers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (13 Jul 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to local drugs and alcohol forums in each of the years 2008 to 2022 and in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34854/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (13 Jul 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 663. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to increasing the funding for drug and alcohol taskforces to assist these organisations to address the increased use of cocaine in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34855/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (13 Jul 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 664. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to increasing the funding for drug and alcohol taskforces to assist these organisations to address the worrying increased use of crack cocaine in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34856/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ..., there were 92 community gardaí in Limerick city. As of July 2020, there were 31. This void allows the few nefarious characters to thrive in Limerick. We saw this in several communities. At one stage, there was a 24–7 drug supermarket on a busy residential street. This went on for about three years. The presence of community gardaí often gives reassurance to older...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...cases. In the civil Circuit Court there are around 1,000 cases waiting. That is a huge backlog that impacts countless lives. Many of these criminal cases are for serious crimes involving drug dealing on a major scale and related issues. I recently tabled a parliamentary question on the utilisation of the courthouse. Subsequently, the Central Criminal Court began sitting in Limerick...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...dealing with the consequences of criminal and antisocial behaviour. As well as under-resourcing the Garda, it has stripped communities of vital community and youth services for those dealing with drugs and addiction. The first thing Sinn Féin would do to address this situation is to initiate the biggest garda recruitment drive in the history of the State, with a goal of reaching...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...operations can be is the launch in March 2021 of Operation Copóg in Limerick, which involves collaboration between Limerick City and County Council and An Garda Síochána. The operation ended on 4 September 2020 and made a significant dent in the operation of a drugs gang in the St. Mary's Park area of our city of Limerick. While all the problems have not been resolved,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county for the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he and his colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the illegal supply of drugs, particularly heroin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of €13,000 in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [9847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of seizures of crack cocaine and estimated value of same by the Limerick divisional drugs unit in 2021 and 2023, in tabular form. [9848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (28 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the planned funding for drug and alcohol task forces in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/23]

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the proposed Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. It is long overdue. I wish those who will be members of the assembly the very best in their deliberations. In the first instance, however, we are the citizens' assembly. The people of this State elected us to legislate on these issues. While the input of the assembly will be most welcome, this cannot be a case of taking its feedback...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1331. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to secure a supply of the drugs rivotrol and zarontin for the treatment of epilepsy-related seizures, given the current international shortage of these pharmaceuticals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63853/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...properly. The outcome is something a lot of people have a problem with, and they are dealing with the consequences of that and will be for generations. The second issue I want to focus on is drugs and the failure to progress the citizens' assembly on drugs. Drug addiction and its outcomes have a devastating affect on families and communities. There are particular problems in my...