Results 1-12 of 12 for drugs speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (30 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department deems it inappropriate to discuss applications under section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to treat a patient with schedule 1 cannabis-based products with the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (30 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes for a consultant who has submitted an application under section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to treat a patient with schedule 1 cannabis-based products to hear from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18770/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Licences (15 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of licence applications he has received to date under Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 known as the Ministerial licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7328/24]

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Bill brought forward by Deputy Gino Kenny. It is extremely timely considering the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use launched its report and recommendations last week. It was a positive step that the Government established the assembly. I welcome that an Oireachtas select committee will be set up to look at its recommendations. I have expressed my interest in sitting on the...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...background work was being put in place to facilitate the establishment of this assembly as soon as possible this year. In the short amount of time I have, I want to talk about criminalising the drug user. This has not worked. It is not grounded in evidence or respect for human dignity. Why are we in this Chamber having to talk about the need for a citizens' assembly? It is because...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when it is expected that the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [3275/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...provided thus far on this important issue. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, on her appointment as the new Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy. Last month, her predecessor, Deputy Feighan, reiterated the Government's commitment to holding a citizens' assembly on drugs in early 2023. Last week, the Taoiseach also...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...over the past 25 years by 484%, with more than 250,000 convictions. Criminalisation simply has not worked, end of, and there is the social cost of relying on punitive measures that do not deter drug use. They drain services that could be invested in evidence-based services and, in some cases, they have forced these users into the Prison Service, which, as we have known for many years, is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Clare Garda divisional drugs unit as of 31 December 2020 and 29 June 2022, in tabular form. [36165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Sep 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 562. To ask the Minister for Health when the current application process for HSE insulin pumps tendering contract will be completed; when the new list of insulin pumps will be sent to the community drug schemes; the estimated timeline of the process from product review to inclusion on the PCRS; the expert group that will review the insulin pumps; and if the patient is involved in this...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: 2817. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update for the public inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate epilimf in Ireland announced in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pharmaceutical trial at the Rotunda Hospital involving a drug called dilipan-S that is being contested as unethical by birth activists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/21]