Results 1-6 of 6 for drugs speaker:Brian Leddin

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Leddin: ...and fatalities. They are the misdemeanours that are leading to a culture of poor motorist behaviour on our roads, which in turn leads to speeding, which leads to other bad behaviours such as drink and drug taking and mobile phone use while driving. If we are not addressing the culture at the root cause, there really has to be a zero-tolerance approach to the regulation of heavy machines...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...if reports in the media (details supplied) of crack cocaine being freely available in a Limerick housing estate will influence his recommendations on the scope for the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16265/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...we have not advanced the relevant legislation through the House. I join my colleague Deputy Ó Cathasaigh in paying tribute to Deputy Gino Kenny, across the House, who has done extraordinary work in the area of drug policy. He is certainly a champion in that area. I hope we will be able to bring forward a citizens' assembly on drug use as soon as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Special Representative: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Chair for letting me contribute again. I want to return to the issue of Colombia. Mr. Gilmore rightly mentioned the challenge of the drug industry over there and that 70% of the world's cocaine is grown in Colombia. The special representative mentioned that there is a responsibility on the part of Europe - I would say western countries generally - to tackle the demand side and...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Brian Leddin: ...for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. This report considered, but for now rejected, so-called rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 until their efficacy is more widely proven. On 8 May, the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, approved just such a rapid antigen test, which gives a result in ten minutes via a non-laboratory based test. This will enable the US to double its testing capacity within...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Brian Leddin: ...and risk? My second question relates to therapeutics and vaccines. My colleague, Deputy Ossian Smyth, asked last week about how we were planning to acquire stocks of remdesivir, the antiviral drug that has shown promising early results in treating patients acutely ill with Covid-19. On the broader topic of access to therapies and vaccines, and assuming we do not want to get into a...