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Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025) See 10 other results from this debate

Gillian Toole: ...from County Meath, garda Barbara Kelly and garda Aisling Connor and the entire community team there, the support workers of the youth diversion projects, the community and voluntary leaders of the drug and alcohol task forces, the members of the strengthening families programmes and all of the volunteers who participate in night leagues and who help with community buses. This is fantastic...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Barry Ward: ...a mammoth task for the Defence Forces, customs, An Garda Síochána, the RNLI and the Coast Guard. I want to put on record my admiration for those involved in the seizing of the MV Matthew and the drugs haul that came with it. The work done by the Defence Forces, the RNLI and An Garda Síochána has borne great fruits for this country in stopping the drug shipment. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of being victims of child sexual exploitation or child trafficking. Since 2014, 235 children in State care or known to State care have died. Of them, ten were murdered and 51 died as a result or suicide or drug overdoses. When the Tánaiste first entered this Chamber, there were 457 children homeless in the State. Today, there are 5,000 children homeless in the State. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: ...coming down the track soon with the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023. From 1 September, the new regulations will deem all antiparasitic veterinary drugs to be prescription only. These are a large number of remedies used on farms on a day-to-day basis, such as sheep dip, dry cow mastitis tubes and ivermectin that is used for treating cattle...

Transfer of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (16 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Barry Ward: ...we will be allowing the air carriers to share that information with them. We know in real terms that this will help prevent and detect crime and help the agencies that deal with human trafficking, drug trafficking and all the other crimes we know take place across transport networks. It will help to detect these crimes and solve them when the time comes to bring about prosecutions in...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Ann Graves: ...the causes and consequences of addiction is central to developing a comprehensive healthcare system. Addiction needs to be seen as a public health issue and not a criminal issue. The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use supported a comprehensive health-led response to drug use and addiction. This would ensure that the State responds to drug use as a health issue and not a criminal issue. A...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (16 Jul 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Michael Lowry: .... Over a short few years, there has been a 171% in the number of young people receiving treatment for cocaine abuse in this country. In 2023 alone, over 13,000 people were treated for problem drug use. Four in ten of those cases were first-time presentations. Cocaine is the most common drug responsible for referrals. It accounts for one in three cases, which underlines the chilling...

Seanad: Draft Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (16 Jul 2025)

Pauline Tully: ...the school. The Garda reached out to this man and his family and that was the first time they were aware there was abuse. That sent him spiralling into another form of abuse where he engaged in drug use and ended up homeless here in the city. Thankfully, when I talked to him, he had received help and was making his way back. He was dealing with it and getting counselling and support....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the drug duvyzat-givinostat in Ireland; when a decision could be made to make it available to those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...income limit for a medical card, they are then assessed for a GP visit card, which entitles the applicant to GP visits without charge. Further information regarding medical cards can be found at: . Under the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS), no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The DPS is not means tested and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Jul 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 306. To ask the Minister for Health whether a prolonged release melatonin drug (details supplied) will be made available in Ireland and covered by the medical card. [40169/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (10 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Barry Ward: ...gceist seo. This is an issue I have raised on a number of occasions, that is, the attitude of the State towards the treatment of survivors of thalidomide. The Minister of State will be aware that thalidomide was a drug that was used in the early 1960s by women in relation to morning sickness but what is important is that it has a hugely adverse effect on their subsequent children. We...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: ...before the children's committee. It will not be a major shock that they said, "Wider societal issues such as global movement, poverty, homelessness, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, drugs, criminality and exploitation, and social media continue to significantly impact the demand for our services." It is impacting families across the board. The tools and services must be...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025) See 8 other results from this debate

..., addiction, and those at risk of exploitation or involvement with the youth justice system. Wider societal issues such as global movement, poverty, homelessness, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, drugs, criminality, exploitation and social media continue to significantly impact the demand for our services. We continue to engage with other State agencies to promote interagency...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Mr. David Moloney: The public procurement in the budget in the Department of Health have increased very significantly in recent years. The public procurement would include the procurement of drugs of all kinds - ordinary drugs, high-tech drugs, etc. - as well as cleaning services. It is a figure that reflects a huge range of different types of activities. We manage the overall budget....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given the alleged involvement of Iran in the drug trafficking operation halted by the MV Matthew in November 2023, he or his Department have raised this issue with their Iranian counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38554/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Malcolm Byrne: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given the alleged involvement of Iran in the drug trafficking operation halted by the MV Matthew in November 2023, he or his Department have raised this issue with their Iranian counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...distance sales to avoid the circumvention of any national measures. Finally, it is the intention of the Government to subject Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) to control measures under the Misuse of Drugs legislation as a Schedule 1 controlled drug. This is the strictest level of control where possession and/or sale or supply of the substance is an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2017....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide. Under the LTI Scheme, patients receive drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances directly related to the treatment of their illness, free of charge. While there are currently no plans to extend the list of conditions, it...