Results 1-20 of 24 for drugs speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...'s lives are put at risk. The Government is reducing the speed limits on roads where there are no accidents. Looking at the statistics, how many of these accidents have been caused by drink, drugs, drink and drugs or speed? If we have more gardaí on the roads to police them, we might have fewer accidents but the Government depleted the Garda service. More people are retiring...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...or other medical professional to improve the quality of life of people experiencing chronic pain and suffering. I am not in favour of making it legal for anyone to walk around with this drug. I am a father. If one of my children, including as an adult, needed cannabis to address an issue, even if it was a terminal illness, I would ask a medical professional to prescribe something to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions can be made for the inclusion of the drug ozempic to be included in the medical card drugs list for patients needing the drug for weight loss on the advice of their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the drug cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/23]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...not smoke in my area, I am happy. I do not think a tax is the right thing to do at this time, especially when it might be the only comfort that people have. It might keep them away from stronger drugs if they had a cigarette or two.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for respite care, he or she is coming with medication from his or her doctor, but the ruling is that when people come into a respite centre they must use an in-house doctor. A person could have drugs from Monday to Thursday that are prescribed by a doctor externally but when the person comes into a respite centre that is being duplicated, at a cost. I am asking for that to be relaxed and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... It was closed down three years ago to build a state-of-the-art new Garda station that has not yet commenced. How can I take it seriously that the Minister and the Department want to help me tackle drug crime in County Limerick, if they have not even given me the divisional Garda station? It has not even been commenced three years after closing down the old Garda station.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the latest information available to her Department confirms that drug use throughout the State is at an all-time high; the steps being taken by her Department to address the deepening crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16675/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Dealing (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The latest information available to the Minister's Department confirms that drug use throughout the State is at an all-time high. What steps are being taken by the Department to address the deepening crisis, and will the Minister make a statement on the matter? I am shocked to see the extent of the use of drugs in Ireland in all sectors of communities, young, old, male and female. There...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug detection dogs trained to use their senses to detect illegal substances that are available in each Garda division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing complement of each Garda drug task force unit by Garda division for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-related offences in each Garda district in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the recruitment of more gardaí in rural areas to ensure the escalating drug problems as being reported by An Garda Síochána can be targeted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16676/22]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... People may wish to smoke a cigarette to help calm down while they are dealing with an issue. Are they not much better off buying a cigarette to calm them down than buying all the illegal drugs that are available but which the Government is doing nothing about? It is not giving the proper enforcement powers to the Garda to help it catch the people who are selling illegal drugs. Would...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...with the new Garda divisions, a lot of that has been lost because we do not have local gardaí in our areas. That goes to the resourcing of the Garda. There is a massive problem at the moment with drugs in many of our cities, towns, villages and rural areas. We have seen that people are driving around in their big flash cars and they are even setting up businesses but they are...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...; on our streets in our towns and villages just because a garda did the job the way he or she was trained to. Surely the crimes that are being committed on our streets are more important. Antisocial behaviour, racist abuse and drug-related crimes are at an absolute high. Suspensions in the Garda should be dealt with effectively and promptly, not after two or two and a half years. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1225. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected for the use of the drug Ivermectin for patients that have been partially or fully vaccinated presenting with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 2134. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the inquiry into the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug zolgensma; if the drug can be expedited here given the known case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/21]