Results 1-20 of 27 for drugs speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown, by month and track, of all greyhound drug testing since 2015, as a percentage of starters at each track, in tabular form. [47113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate lower rate of qualification for single-person households applying to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the estimated cost of reducing the qualifying cost to €60 a month to avail of the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Oireachtas Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use's recommendation that "steps are taken to introduce a regulatory model for certain drugs". [17507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...stakeholders in relation to the recommendation in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of the recommendations, in order to regulate such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1615. To ask the Minister for Health his views on enabling individuals to purchase six-months of HRT in one calendar month to avail of the drugs payment scheme given that this medication is not being provided for publicly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (21 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use recommendation that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of above recommendations in order...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (21 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and, of all greyhound drug testing from January 2020 to date in 2022, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [13458/23]

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...operational changes the State could make to significantly" down to and including “increasing resilience, health and well-being; and;” and substitute the following: "improve its response to drugs use and abuse, and the outcomes in relation to drugs use and abuse, to reduce the harmful impacts of drugs and the criminalisation of drugs on individuals, families, communities and...

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

Holly Cairns: While I greatly welcome this motion establishing the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, it is truly shocking that it has taken this long. There are almost two drug-related deaths in Ireland every day, and this rate is almost five times the figure for those who die in road traffic accidents and twice the European average. Now that we have the assembly, it is essential that it is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...for free access to Cariban, an incredibly expensive medication that can cost up to €3,000 over the course of a pregnancy. Unfortunately, the Government response was to make it available under the drugs payment scheme but only with a prescription from a consultant. That is wholly inadequate and presents an unnecessary barrier for exhausted and extremely sick individuals, who may...

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

Holly Cairns: ...he is taking to ensure that medications (details supplied) which are essential for immunocompromised persons to participate in socio-cultural life and employment will be made available under the drugs payment scheme. [7433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medication for hyperemesis (details supplied) is made available through the drugs payment scheme with a prescription from a GP. [6184/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: Almost two people per day die in Ireland as a result of drug-related deaths. That is more than 1,700 people since the Taoiseach took office. Our rate of drug-related deaths is almost five times the figure of those who die in road traffic accidents and is twice the European average. This is a national disgrace. There is no urgency because of the continuing stigma that attaches to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services (30 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...based, unethical and inequitable". More than 3,000 women annually are hospitalised because of severe pregnancy sickness when a medication that could assist in many cases is unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or medical card. There is also a vastly disproportionate over-representation of ethnic minority women among maternal deaths in Ireland. All of these matters are connected to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and track of all greyhound drug testing from January 2020 to date in 2022, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [31728/22]

Food Price Rises: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...breaking point. It is important to acknowledge the steps taken by the Government. The reductions in excise duty supported by most of the Dáil, cuts to public transport fees and cuts and an improved drugs payment scheme are all welcome but in many cases these and other measures, such as social welfare increases, were long overdue anyway. The Social Democrats have repeatedly...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: The programme for Government commits to establishing a citizens' assembly on drug use. It is an incredibly important issue that requires reform. We must take a holistic approach in tackling the issue of drugs in Ireland. Addiction requires a health-based approach, and the focus should be on harm reduction and prevention and, ultimately, saving lives. Best practice, such as the Portuguese...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 823. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making a medication (details supplied) for hyperemesis gravidarum to be reimbursed on the drugs payment scheme and medical card. [5171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (2 Nov 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1137. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €6 million announced in budget 2022 for the drugs strategy that will go to the local and regional drug and alcohol task forces drug projects. [53359/21]