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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...service broadcasting. Dr. Chris Luke, who is a columnist with the Irish Medical Times, and Mr. Luke Loughlin, who is a Westmeath GAA player, talked in a really calm, balanced and informed way about drug and alcohol use in our society, and not in our society as people read about it in the newspapers or see it on social media or how it is portrayed on other media, but how it actually occurs...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: ...;ochána? How does that work from an intelligence perspective in terms of protecting sensitive information in the State so that it does not get into the wrong hands, whether that is people involved in drug dealing or organised crime? How do we protect that information more sensitively, in light of what has been brought to our attention?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: ...;Call for a Citizens Assembly on the Irish Justice system; Policing, Crime and Rehabilitation” from Mr. Cormac McKay. This petition relates to the request that the then proposed citizens' assembly on drugs be expanded to encompass the entire justice system, policing, crime and rehabilitation in the Republic of Ireland. According to the petition, there is a growing public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...cancer strategy is evidenced by significant investment in recent years. New development funding of €20 million was allocated to cancer services and €15 million was allocated for new cancer drugs in 2021 and 2022.This increased total funding for cancer services in 2022 to €139 million. To date, this funding has supported the recruitment of 393 additional staff in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Gino Kenny: Treatment has been evolving in recent decades. What is at the cutting edge of non-invasive treatment or drugs? Is there any bespoke treatment that Dr. O'Philbin would suggest for dementia care?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Cancer Strategy is evidenced by significant investment in recent years. Over 2021 and 2022, €40m new development funding was allocated to cancer services and €30m was allocated for new cancer drugs. The delivery of cancer services across a limited number of designated cancer centres is in line with international best-practice, allowing the full integration of high-quality...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...will facilitate the installation of banks of electric vehicle fast chargers at key points on the motorway network, in the first instance. With regard to road safety, €7.47 million has been provided to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety to support its vital work in detecting drug and alcohol misuse by drivers. My Department will continue to work closely with the Road Safety...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I want to raise with the Tánaiste today the need for oral immunotherapy treatment for children with peanut allergies. It is an issue I have raised here previously. The potentially lifesaving drug for children in those circumstances, Palforzia, is currently not available. Could the Tánaiste's good offices help to progress the situation? While the drug is unapproved, the current...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Paul McAuliffe: I take it as a positive response, but that is a matter for us as well. There is one issue with the embargo in that the co-ordinator for the drugs task force in our area, a gentlemen named John Bennett, a fantastic man, passed away, and there have been suggestions that that post cannot be filled because of the recruitment embargo, even though it has been filled for 20 years. I ask the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...before the Dáil in the next couple of weeks. This is a concise Bill focused on key road safety issues, and in addition to legislating for safer default speed limits, it will also introduce mandatory drug testing at the scene of serious traffic collisions and reform the penalty points system so motorists receive multiple sets of penalty points where multiple offences are committed. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to be enacted before the end of March. This a concise and focused piece of legislation introducing safer default speed limits on national secondary roads, rural roads and in built up areas, mandatory drug testing at the scene of serious traffic collisions and reforming the penalty points system so motorists receive multiple sets of penalty points where multiple offences are committed. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (1 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...be necessary to do so on a phased basis across that time. The Road Traffic Bill 2024 was published on 25 January. This Bill will address speed limits, penalty points, and testing of drivers for drugs. In the case of speed limits, it will implement the central recommendations of the Speed Limit Review in relation to safer default speed limits. The default limits on national secondary...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...in a particular location for maybe good, benign or innocent reasons or not so innocent reasons. There is that kind of collective effort where people will alert people. Likewise, in the context of drugs and so on, there is obviously Interpol and forces that combine. I was in Colombia recently. We have a superintendent in Colombia attached to our embassy who works with the Colombian...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...broadening of applications for the free medical card, the introduction of free IVF, the reduction of inpatient charges for people in public hospitals, free contraception and the reduction in the drug invoice charge-----

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024) See 23 other results from this debate

Violet-Anne Wynne: I commend the Bill brought forward by Deputy Gino Kenny. It is extremely timely considering the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use launched its report and recommendations last week. It was a positive step that the Government established the assembly. I welcome that an Oireachtas select committee will be set up to look at its recommendations. I have expressed my interest in sitting on the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

James Browne: ...into a life of crime. Two programme for Government commitments are being delivered through this Bill. The first is to legislate against the coercion and use of minors in the sale and supply of drugs and, second, to criminalise adults who groom children to commit crimes. This new legislation will outlaw the grooming of children into crime. For the first time, it will be an offence for...