Results 1-20 of 26 for drugs speaker:Eugene Murphy

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...vehicles on our roads. Although our roads have improved significantly over the years, more improvement is needed and we have to have laws that are definite and will deal with people. The big challenge now is drug driving. There is no doubt about it. Medical people, gardaí and parents will tell you that. It is a massive challenge and it has to be dealt with.

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...not like asking their parents for assistance on an ongoing basis. I always tell students to ask their parents if they need help. A very difficult situation is developing in this country at the moment. Drug lords are making their way to students and attempting to gain access to their bank accounts to put money through them. This is a significant issue about which we should all be...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Eugene Murphy: ...make one comment regarding the casualties and accidents on our roads, there is a myriad of problems in this regard. It is not just speed. The Garda tell me that one of the biggest issues now is drug-driving. It is frightening when we think about it. This issue must be tackled, as must speed. The behaviour of some motorists now is shocking. Many of them are not lorry drivers but...

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

Eugene Murphy: .... It will be used because it is a crazy world now and probably will be into the future as well. We lost a lovely human being who was very open about the ups and downs of his life. We all have our ups and downs in life. His drug addiction was a huge issue for him but he managed to take himself out of it. He spoke openly about it and tried to talk to people who had the addiction to try...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...time. It is impossible for them to do everything and to do office work at the same time. I want to highlight the sympathetic ear and voice of gardaí in cases where young people who have unfortunately become involved with drug dealers are brought before the courts. From my own area of Roscommon and Galway, I know that gardaí try to be as sympathetic as possible and do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...are getting tied up with undesirables. That is the reality. Bank intelligence showed, according to Conor Lally's article, that the average transaction was €4,000. This is shocking and this is what drug culture and drug issues are doing to people. Now we have these criminals using young people. This was a massive issue in England some years ago and still is. We have to do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...after them. I think of the campaigners outside the gates of Leinster House today, particularly those campaigning with regard to cystic fibrosis. I think of the 35 children who need a particular drug. The matter has not been cleared up. I know the Taoiseach and the Minister are aware of it and want to do the right thing, and they will, but it is urgent that the drug be made available to...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...have been killed in this country and the total figure is 244. In 2020, there were 38 murders and six of those, some 15.8%, were of women - innocent women. While all murders are wrong, whether drug-related or not, it is terrible to think that six innocent women died like that in 2020. I did some research in regard to the world situation. Another figure from 2020 is that 47,000 women...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...for quite a number of people in the coming years because the Government is committed to the area of housing. On health, the budget for health is more than €22 billion, which is a lot of money. Free GP care will be extended to six and seven year-olds. The drug payment scheme threshold will be lowered to €100. An additional €105 million will be allocated to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Expert Group Review of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (12 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...a very reasonable fee because the family had been there for many years. I would say it was way below the market value. The family was offered housing in a local town but they were worried about a drug issue in the town, particularly in the estate to which they were being moved. They did not want their children in that environment. In the particular county I am speaking about, and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Expert Group Review of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (12 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...a very reasonable fee because the family had been there for many years. I would say it was way below the market value. The family was offered housing in a local town but they were worried about a drug issue in the town, particularly in the estate to which they were being moved. They did not want their children in that environment. In the particular county I am speaking about, and it...

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...be planted. This budget reminds me of a biennial plant. I studied it yesterday and saw several announcements, for example, prescription costs to be reduced by 50%, the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme to be reduced by €10 a month, free GP care for those younger than eight years, free dental care for those younger than six years, and 1 million additional home care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Eugene Murphy: ...It is good for young people to discuss climate change - and we have to listen to what they are saying - but surely there should be a huge focus for young people on the damage caused by alcohol and drugs, which are in every corner of society. They are as prevalent in the rural areas of Roscommon as they are in any part of the cities of Dublin, Cork or Galway. Why can we not movethings on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (12 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 346. To ask the Minister for Health when a resubmitted application seeking reimbursement for Translarna (details supplied) will be processed by the HSE; when the drugs committee will assess the submission; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6285/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Eugene Murphy: ...gardaí must deal with immigrant issues, child abuse, Garda vetting, mental health issues and domestic disputes. There is great Garda involvement in communities through helping out at events. Of course, drugs crime is a serious issue. I acknowledge the role successfully played by the Garda Síochána in society, as will the Minister. It is important that we continue to...

Topical Issue Matters (3 Oct 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...10) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the status of bus services in County Meath; (11) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - if the child benefit age limits will be reviewed; (12) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss availability of the drug Kuvan for PKU sufferers in Ireland; (13) Deputy Noel Rock - the status of the primary care centre in Finglas; (14) Deputy Brian Stanley - the delays in making a decision...

Topical Issue Matters (26 Sep 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...scoliosis waiting list in 2016 at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; (7) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the ongoing sustainability of the post office network; (8) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the urgent need for a drug treatment centre in Kildare; (9) Deputy Jackie Cahill - the Bord na Móna plans to build a plant in the US; (10) Deputy Pat Buckley - the underspend in mental health services in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment to be held by the Health Service Executive on the pricing and reimbursement under the community drugs scheme of the FreeStyle Libre medical device, which is used by diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Jun 2017)

Eugene Murphy: 1557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for the Respreeza drug for persons suffering with emphysema or alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Eugene Murphy: ...Ordinary members of the force have told me that they have a terribly disturbing effect on them. That is a huge issue. We must also accept what gardaí have to face when they tackle people in situations involving drug use and abuse. I believe the Government needs to take immediate steps to rectify the real and substantial crisis of confidence in An Garda Síochána. As...