Results 1-14 of 14 for drugs speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Gavan: ...long enough for a hardened criminal who will wilfully use a child for their own benefit? Other areas have sentences of up to ten years. Criminals need to know they will pay a high price for grooming. There is also the scourge of drug debt intimidation in the communities. Through fear, families are forced to pay this debt. Deputy Ward addressed this intimidation in his Coercion of a...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...is going to do something, at some later point, frankly is not good enough. Perhaps he will give us some detail about how exactly the Government will extract significant compensation from these drug companies.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...and important request. It is funny because when Senator Boyhan was talking about that horrific deal done by Michael Woods, the disgraced Fianna Fáil Minister, whether we are going down that road again with the drug companies was in my mind.It is absolutely crucial that the Minister details what actions he will take in this regard. It looks like these companies are getting off...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...Senator Boyhan’s amendments which are all very important. The five years is another arbitrary figure. Why do that? It does not have to have that five years in it. Then there are those who were victims of drug trials by GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. Again, I do not understand why the Minister would not take on board reasonable amendments on that and the very reasonable suggestion...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...energy supports to non-profit or charitable organisations which incur significant energy costs but do not qualify for support under the scheme. We know, for example, that essential services like local drug and alcohol task forces have never seen their funding restored to pre-austerity levels. Even before the energy crisis, these organisations were calling for urgent support and funding....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...Paul Kimmage for The Sunday Independent over the past two weekends. There has been plenty of rumour, innuendo and speculation prior to these articles being published about the possible use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in Irish racing. The man who has bravely led the way in this regard is one of our most celebrated and famous horse trainers, a man of impeccable reputation, Jim...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Paul Gavan: .... It will not surprise the Minister when I again raise the issue of the Government's blockage of the intellectual property, IP, waiver so that developing countries can generate their own generic versions of these drugs. I support Senator Buttimer, who said the Government needs to do much more for the developing world. I hope he was referring to the Government changing its stance on the...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...they are treated almost exclusively as separate conditions. Ensuring access to appropriate treatment for people with dual diagnosis needs is a major policy concern. Sinn Féin recognises that those who are addicted to drugs and alcohol can have mental health disorders and vice versa. Drug and alcohol misuse is primarily a public health issue. Harm reduction and prevention are...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...is important that as public representatives we are discussing such an important issue, particularly considering the statement issued Iast week and signed by several former Ministers with responsibility for drugs, expressing their concerns that the national drugs strategy is failing. While shocking to hear, that is not news to most of us. I acknowledge the point about the Minister of...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...be taken in conjunction with increasing the funding for task forces. We need to re-establish the emerging needs fund and the young person facilities and services fund. Those funds allowed local drug task forces to respond quickly and effectively to new challenges. We need an inter-agency approach to tackle the drugs problem and, as such, task forces must be supported by State agencies,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Paul Gavan: .... I call on the Minister for Finance to come to the House to discuss this obsession with tax cutting above all else. Terse answers have been given to the likes of patients waiting for life-saving drugs. Schoolchildren are waiting on the delivery of proper school buildings. Older citizens have had their home care hours slashed in recent years while people are desperately waiting on...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...of the princely sum of 5 cent an hour, which brought her up, after those 15 years, to €10.50. The second fact is the McKesson Corporation deals with unions all the time. For example, it owns United Drug and has no problem with doing a deal with the unions there. It recognises them and pays decent wages. Interestingly, the workforce of United Drug is predominantly male while at...

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (6 Feb 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...was in attendance and Ms Elizabeth Waters made a particularly strong contribution. If the Minister has time, she should consider the brave and radical comments made by Dr. John Bissett of the Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force. In particular, he challenged the ideology of equality of opportunity. It does not work for working class and disadvantaged people. We need to move to...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Gavan: ...has said the answer is "No", so why did the chief financial executive say what he said? It is simple question. It seems very odd. Was he having a bad day? Was he on some kind of recreational drugs at that point? The Minister said, "We have a proven track record in international tax reform and a strong commitment to meeting the best international standards." Is the Minister having a...