Results 1-20 of 91 for drugs speaker:Dara Calleary

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (19 Jan 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...administration of Garda business. The Minister, Deputy Harris, is assured, however, that An Garda Síochána is fully committed and determined to effectively tackle individuals involved in the illegal drugs trade in the Dublin Metropolitan region and, indeed, across the country. More broadly, of course, An Garda Síochána continues to target those involved in the sale...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Dara Calleary: I reiterate the HRB figures. A total of 786 people died from drug related deaths in 2017. Those are the ones that are registered and that we know about. It is essential for the Government to strengthen the legislation on the availability of drugs at concerts and large gatherings. Promoters are making considerable money on these concerts and it is time for them to know there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...Downey on "Morning Ireland" this morning will have been very moved. Jack Downey, Johnny's son, was 19. He was an accounting student. His father said he loved GAA and he loved life. He was not a drug taker; indeed, his father said he would not even take an Anadin. One day last August he left home at 10.30 a.m. and at 9 p.m. Johnny and Elaine received a phone call that Jack had been...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jul 2009)

Dara Calleary: The role of FÁS in relation to the National Drugs Strategy is to facilitate the rehabilitation of stabilised drug users and to prepare them to re-enter the active labour market through focused training which will enable them to re-integrate into working life. This is being achieved through participation in a range of FÁS programmes, including Community Employment (CE), and also integration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (5 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Sandimmune is not available on the long-term illness scheme; if he will acknowledge that this drug is necessary for kidney transplant patients; his plans to have the drug added to the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42434/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 540. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the national cancer control programme's opinion on the cancer treating drug nivolumab also known as Opdivo; his views on making this drug available on the reimbursement scheme; the number of persons being treated with this drug; the costs associated with treating each person on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: The process is broken if we and Estonia are the only countries in Europe that have not approved use of this drug. The Minister, Deputy Harris, bypassed this process with his approval of the pembrolizumab drug. The process is broken when nobody is answerable to families or public representatives - those of us with a mandate - on the reason for delays. Delays matter and when somebody has...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (1 Dec 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised that there are currently 1,000 places ring fenced for the CE Drugs Task Force. At present 947 of these places are filled. The number of places on the Drugs Task Force is kept under constant review.

Written Answers — Drugs Seizures: Drugs Seizures (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the total number of prescription drugs seized by customs officials annually from 2005 to 2011; the type of drugs seized; and the estimated value of same. [26598/12]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 667: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the total number and location of arrests for drug dealing of non-prescription drugs from 2005 to 2011. [26607/12]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the volume, estimated value and type of prescription drugs seized during the arrests of persons engaged in the illegal sale of prescription drugs in 2012. [26601/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (19 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials assigned to the illegal drug section in counties Mayo and Sligo; the measures taken for the protection of the western seaboard from illegal drug smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8560/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (8 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Pradaxa is covered under the GMS scheme; if not, the options available to patients who use this drug to alleviate the financial costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/14]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the total number of drug arrests in relation to the illegal sale of prescription drugs and their locations to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/12]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the total number of drug arrests in relation to the illegal sale of prescription drugs and their location annually from 2005 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26599/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: ...Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way Irish pharmaceutical companies will be supported to avail of the opportunities for increased production and employment following the recent increase in new drug approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50550/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to allow patients with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis access to the drug pirfenidone; his views on whether it is unfair to disallow access to the drug on a purely economic basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29590/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to making the life enhancing drug Nivolumab-Opdivo available to cancer patients; the discussions his Department has had with the HSE regarding the benefits of this new drug for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 416. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement for a second line lung cancer drug (details supplied); his views on the delays in the drug reimbursement process and the stress this places on persons with serious illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/18]