Results 1-11 of 11 for drugs speaker:Verona Murphy

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...the former Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross. The discussion was about how we had a very serious issue with the policing of our roads with regard to drunk-driving, speeding and drug-driving, and that speeding was primarily the cause of so many accidents. I did not agree entirely. While speeding is certainly a factor, it is only one factor because there are many...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...council should do more. There is one facility in the area but it is a derelict building. It should have been taken up years ago and been renovated to keep children off the streets and away from drugs. It is there and it would be a worthwhile investment. That would represent value for money in terms of what we are looking at today. I am very interested in the EU grant that Dr. May...

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

Verona Murphy: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22800/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: ...accurate? Deputy Varadkar has been in government since 2017, either as Taoiseach or Tánaiste, and the declining numbers are a crisis. Every town in the country is showing signs of this failing. There is no point in setting up drugs task forces or committees to make recommendations that cannot be implemented because the gardaí are not available. There is no point in passing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: .... Bunclody is a sizable town, although it is not a town as named in Wexford. It is a big area, but we have reduced capacity in the Garda force there from eight to four. It is not good enough. We have drug issues all over this country. It is not just Wexford but it is all over the country. The front of our local newspaper carries a story every week on the increase in crime. I ask the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is drug dealing?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Verona Murphy: Prostitution and drug dealing.

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Verona Murphy: ...supervisors' pay. It dictates the policies that should be implemented. It asks community schemes to do work that Departments should be funding more adequately, such as childcare, village work and drug rehabilitation, to mention but a few. The sponsors of these schemes are ordinary people who volunteer to run them but who have no access to funding other than from the Government. They...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I had a very disturbing conversation with a young man ten days ago. He has 20 friends in a social circle and he told me that 18 of them are using drugs. Unfortunately, the two in the group who do not use drugs are struggling with their mental health because they are being ostracised for not joining in. His younger brother has the same problem. When he tries to join his friends, they just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: ...or to stand up to peer pressure. It is a stressful situation for those directly involved, as well as their parents. It is alarming that of one social group of 20 young people, 18 are regular drug users. It is hard to imagine the scale of the mental health issues caused by drug use across the country. We might be able to treat or deal with the physical health issues associated with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Nov 2020)

Verona Murphy: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability in Ireland of a drug named Dupilumab which has been life-changing for many persons living with severe atopic eczema; when the drug is expected to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37741/20]