Results 1-20 of 54 for drugs speaker:Lisa Chambers

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...Minister, Deputy Humphreys, for the extra allocation to local improvement services and roads allocation across the country. Senator O'Hara, our newest member to the House, spoke this morning about drug deaths, which is a really important issue to keep front and centre in terms of challenges we have to deal with within the State. He rightly pointed out that there is a whole generation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...too low and we need to increase that. We are going to level two of the three levels that were proposed. I take on board the Senator’s comments on the vulnerability of our coastline to deal with drug importation. That is a serious concern for the Government and one that is not being taken lightly. Senator Conway spoke about the Taoiseach. Finally, Senator Mullen spoke about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...with what they can actually address in terms of funding. The list they cannot do is longer than the list they can work on and that is consistently a problem at local authority level. Senator Conway raised the issue of orphan drugs and suggested that Ireland should be a leader in that area. I agree with him. Senator Mark Daly flagged the significant achievement by a former member of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...reprehensible. We are all feeling very helpless as we watch what is happening. We will have a more full debate next week on the matter. Senator Boyhan spoke about the citizens’ assembly report on the use of drugs and welcomed the establishment of a special committee to be chaired by an Independent Member of Dáil Éireann and asked that committee members from this House...

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

Lisa Chambers: ...are draconian free-speech laws. Senator Doherty has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 10 be taken before No. 1.I am happy to accept that amendment relating to the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023. I agree with the Senator's remarks that the ease of access for young people to this substance is a problem right across the country. The...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...yet, but I have no doubt the Minister herself will take the legislation. She has been very hands-on in dealing with the issue of domestic violence. Senator O'Loughlin also raised the issue of drug crime, which is linked to the drug seizure off the west coast of Cork, and requested a debate with the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, about drugs. We will request that debate at the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...tabled a Commencement matter, perhaps there is another way in which I can assist in trying to get some information, and I will work with him on that. Senator Craughwell spoke about the Naval Service and the drugs seizure of the coast of Cork. He made the point, as he often does, that the Naval Service is not at the capacity at which it needs to be. It is accepted that some of our naval...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...yesterday. What may have looked, from the footage, like an easy operation was far from it. In treacherous conditions, they managed to land on the ship and get hold of that large consignment of drugs, which, as somebody noted earlier on the radio, would have brought years of misery, given the quantity. I commend them on their work. I believe they mobilised within hours, and were on site...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...at best practice in other European countries as to how they deal with speeding and speed offences. It has been well documented that the use of mobile telephones and being under the influence of drugs or alcohol play a role in some of the accidents and fatalities we are seeing. We need to tackle that. The road traffic division of An Garda Síochána does a lot of work in that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...challenges” in respect of the spending timelines being applied to such funding. It can be difficult for an organisation to comply with such requirements. Senators Seery Kearney and Hoey raised the briefing on drug and alcohol task forces they both attended in Buswells Hotel today. I will request a debate on the issue, which will be for the term after the summer recess but it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...were raised in the same vein. Senator Maria Byrne spoke about a new clinical trial in the UK on endometriosis, which she will know is a topic close to my heart, and the focus on trying to find a drug to deal with the pain. My knowledge of the condition, from having a close family member who is dealing with it, is that the use of pain medication is really to come in after the fact. This...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Lisa Chambers: .... In the last term, there were other rare diseases that were dealt with. Spinraza was an area I worked on personally. While a small number of children were affected, the joy of bringing that drug to them was hugely important. Senator Craughwell spoke about Friday being World Hearing Day. He is someone who suffers from hearing loss and has encouraged others with a similar issue to seek...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...on mental health would allow all issues in that space to be raised with the Minister. Senators Ruane, Sherlock and Conway welcomed the news of the memo to Cabinet this morning on the citizens' assembly on drug use. It is long overdue and we are long overdue a debate and a change of response in how we deal with drugs. It might have been Senator Sherlock who correctly pointed out that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...is worth perhaps tabling a Commencement matter on that issue because we require further detail on how that might be worked out. It was a big welcome at least to see Cariban being made available for the first time when it is such an expensive drug and can cost up to €3,000 during a pregnancy. That concludes the Order of Business. Just in case I do not get the opportunity for the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...increase but also a change in their title and acknowledgement of the actual work they do. The change in role and duties is important as well. Senator Clonan spoke about cancer care and particular drugs available in other jurisdictions that are not available here. He requested a debate on the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. I suggest that a Commencement matter might be more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...Ardagh raised the issue of a vomiting condition, the proper term for which I will not even try to attempt. The Senator said that it is a condition that affects 1% of women in pregnancy and that there is a drug available to treat it, the name of which I also will not attempt to pronounce, but that it is very costly at €45 per week and is not covered under the drugs payment scheme....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...;100 weekly stipend. This might be suitable to raise as a Commencement matter, because it was quite a specific question. She might be answered more quickly by doing it that way. I take on board her points around the drug strategy, which were raised at the health committee this morning. Judging by the comments of Senators Hoey and Ruane, it does not sound like the engagement with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...available to do the work. I suggest to the Senator that he might submit a Commencement matter on that specific issue. There could be a good debate on that. He also raised the issue of the national drugs strategy, as did Senator Ruane. I am not fully up to speed on what was discussed at the committee, so what I will say to the Senators is that perhaps they jointly or individually table...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: .... The plan is to expand employment services across the country. I do take on board the concerns of those working in the community employment sector. As I mentioned, Senator Ruane raised the issue of the drugs strategy. She also spoke about the football match this evening in Tallaght. All Senators are looking forward to it. I have not kicked a ball in several years, so I ask Members...