Results 1-8 of 8 for drugs speaker:Johnny Guirke

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Johnny Guirke: ...full-time basis. In 2013, the Fine Gael Government closed 95 Garda stations in rural Ireland. Those that were left are manned on a part-time basis. Antisocial behaviour, robberies and openly visible drug dealing on our streets are happening every day. The people I represent figure that the Garda Síochána has given up on small-time drug dealing because it does not have the...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Johnny Guirke: ...in justice. It is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately. Gardaí are constantly pulled out of the smaller Garda stations and sent to the bigger Garda stations because of lack of resources while drug dealing, break-ins and antisocial behaviour is out of control. We need more gardaí on our streets, more resources for law enforcement and more support for communities. We...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Johnny Guirke: Over 400 people a year are dying from drug addiction, and 40% of them are women. Tabor House Trust in Navan, County Meath, is involved in a proposal for a secondary addiction centre for women called Misneach, or courage, which it plans to develop on the Slane Road in Navan. The new centre, which will cater for 48 women in recovery from addiction per year, will change the lives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 1624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to drug reimbursement for the lifesaving cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio; the reason that some young patients aged six to 11 years are still excluded from the reimbursement scheme; if he will intervene at this stage to ensure that the drug is made available to all cystic fibrosis patients currently in urgent need of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Jul 2022)

Johnny Guirke: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the commonly used medication for hyperemesis, cariban, is not covered under the drug payment scheme; if there is a plan and schedule to include this drug in the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36841/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: We knew before the pandemic that drugs had taken a hold in every town and village in the country. Over recent weeks, prominent figures in the GAA have highlighted gambling, drug use and addiction within the sport. We can be sure that these issues are not restricted to the GAA and will be evident across all sports. Will the Government work with all sporting bodies in the country to examine...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Johnny Guirke: .... That is a shocking figure and I hope that she will be able to address that. If a crime takes place in Athboy or my own town of Oldcastle, it can take up to an hour for a Garda patrol car to arrive. Drug dealers are openly selling drugs on the streets, destroying young people's lives. These drug dealers and criminal gangs are relocating to rural areas. They see our towns and...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Johnny Guirke: ...very pressurised scenario due to a poor policing ratio. Community policing is also heavily affected by resources and personnel being routinely redeployed to other activities. In terms of dealing with illicit drug use and trafficking, community policy can come into its own. While canvassing in the recent general election, it was very clear that the issue of illicit drug use and...