Results 1-18 of 18 for drugs speaker:Pauline Tully

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Pauline Tully: ...vast majority of young people are good young people. If investment was put into the backgrounds of those who live with poverty and deprivation, we could solve or prevent a lot of problems. The drug problem is escalating everywhere. As a former teacher, I think the school completion programme was an excellent programme. It still exists, but it is not as strongly resourced. I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: ...and who are going to do more harm than good. That is the bottom line. Restraint is a huge issue as well. We know it is being used in schools. It is physical and also involves the use of drugs. It is still being used through the use of drugs in many institutions. Behaviour is being controlled by basically drugging someone so he or she is not aware of what is going around him or her...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the process for eligibility for the reimbursement of cariban under the drugs payment scheme is different from that for all other medications covered under the scheme, whereby only a consultant can prescribe it for it to be eligible; if he will review the current eligibility requirements with a view to bringing them into line with all other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: ...there is better awareness now or has there been an actual increase in autism in recent years, based on Science Foundation Ireland's research? The witnesses also spoke about their research in drug therapies and undergoing clinical trials. Exactly what would the drugs be treating? There is a place for drugs in treating, for example, mental health issues, but sometimes there is an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline Tully: ..., 95% of children with the severest form do not live past 24 months. There are different levels of severity of the condition. We should be thankful that there have been significant advances in drug treatments for SMA over the past five years and that these medicines have the potential to dramatically alter the prognosis for those who receive them. They represent a significant step...

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

Pauline Tully: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions that were held for sworn Garda members to join divisional drugs units in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16120/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (17 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate that his Department committed to in November 2020; the timeframe for this inquiry to take place; the position regarding the disability package for persons affected by valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8853/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Pauline Tully: A disability package was promised to people affected by Valproate, which is a drug prescribed for the treatment of epilepsy but causes serious developmental disorders and congenital malformation in children exposed to it in the womb. A number of years ago, the affected people and families obtained a report from a genetics doctor which was submitted to the CHO area in which they live. They...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Pauline Tully: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau as of 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 17 January 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Cavan-Monaghan drugs unit as of 1 January 2020 and 5 October 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49471/21]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...Ring and Eve McDowell to make stalking a separate offence and with significant penalties attached for those found guilty. The other issue about which I am hugely concerned is the use of illegal drugs and drug-related crime. Many families in my constituency are being threatened on a regular basis because it is maintained that a member of the family owes some drug dealer hundreds or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here that were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Pauline Tully: 1583. To ask the Minister for Health the average amount per person that was reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14738/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Agreements (13 Jan 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, are protected under Articles 34 and 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, TFEU, and are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...law in view of the fact that EU hemp-derived products made from the entire plant are protected under Articles 34 and 36 of TFEU and are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/20]

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

Pauline Tully: One of the most serious issues in my area and elsewhere in Cavan is that of drug misuse and the crime associated with it. At one time, this would have been thought of as an urban issue but that is no longer the case. It is an issue in every town and village and every rural area. Young people are constantly being brought into this seedy world without realising the consequences. Some are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Pauline Tully: I raise the matter of the drug Spinraza, which was approved in June 2019 for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. The roll-out has been very slow as only 12 of 29 children with this condition have so far received treatment. Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative disease and these continued delays have a real and psychological impact on children with the condition, who lose a little...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2020)

Pauline Tully: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug searches that have taken place in County Cavan since the beginning of 2019; and the number of arrests and convictions for the possession and supply of illegal drugs in County Cavan since January 2019, in tabular form. [9941/20]