Results 1-20 of 216 for drugs speaker:Thomas Gould

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: ..., the Government is not cancelling patrols because it is not doing the patrols that should be done. In fairness, to have only two ships on the water sends a message to people who want to illegally fish and to drug barons who use Ireland as a place to land major supplies of drugs. Does the Tánaiste think they will be deterred by two ships? I do not think so.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...prescriptions and others get them daily. This would give the people on the ground who know what is happening the ability to make the right decisions. Will the Minister consider naloxone as a drug that could be provided without prescription? We have seen in Dublin and Cork recently the vital work done by groups where we had a series of heroine overdoses. Because people had access to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: 109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [3987/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: 1134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of drug-related intimidation reported to gardaí in 2023, by county. [1706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: 1135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made through the Drug-Related Intimidation Reporting Programme in 2023, by county. [1707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (12 Dec 2023)

Thomas Gould: 886. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the role her Department is playing in the national drugs strategy. [54842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (24 Oct 2023)

Thomas Gould: 521. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review into the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [46150/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (24 Oct 2023)

Thomas Gould: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to Drug and Alcohol Taskforces in 2024 by Taskforce, in tabular form. [46152/23]

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: There is a real opportunity at European Council meetings to learn from Europe and to use these learnings to assist us in resolving issues at home. One such issue is the funding to drug and alcohol task forces. The Minister of State may be aware that task forces were in the Dáil last week, including our own task force in Cork. They are operating at a €3 million deficit when...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide update on the last meeting of the SIG under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [34091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 808. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [34102/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...and in deaths. Alongside this, we have seen staff in section 29 services fighting for fair pay and conditions. The reality is that many of these staff raised concerns about the changing drug trends two years ago but, rather than being taken on board, their concerns were mostly ignored. Without modernisation and reform, the addiction sector will remain on the back foot, with some of the...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...Health Research Board, HRB, this week on presentations to addiction treatment centres that shows, for the first time in the history of the State, that cocaine addiction has overtaken opioids as the drug for which treatment is most frequently sought. We know that, unlike opioids, there is no medical substitute for cocaine. This makes treatment more complex. The results of this research...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...wants to see children of eight, nine or ten years arrested but there needs to be intervention because these children are victims too. We often see different gangs target young children, especially around drugs. They coach them by giving them drugs and then lure the children into criminality. More needs to be done to educate young people on this and the realities of criminal links to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the pilot drug monitoring scheme at a music festival (details supplied) in 2022. [25277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown drug and alcohol task force is currently without a co-ordinator, despite the HSE having been informed by the task force as long ago as May 2022 that it had opted for a HSE-employed co-ordinator. [22283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 277. To ask the Minister for Health when the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown drug and alcohol task force can expect to have in place a HSE-recruited co-ordinator; or, how and when the HSE intend to rectify this situation which is having a critical impact on the efficient running of vital services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [19279/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Strategy (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the implementation of the national drugs strategy. [9262/23]

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

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 1: A. To delete the following words "best practice in promoting and supporting rehabilitation and recovery from drug addiction;" and substitute the following: "— best practice in promoting and supporting people on rehabilitation and recovery journeys from drug addiction;" B. To insert the following after "the efficacy of current strategic, policy and...