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Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...approximately €1 billion per annum to health spending. When wages and inflation are included, the annual standstill costs average at €1.6 billion. That is before one looks at new services, innovation or drugs or any of the reform programme that is currently under way. There can be no denying that the Government is knowingly underfunding the health service this year and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: .... These are real increases. We allocated an additional €92 million today in the REV. While the Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Stephen Donnelly, have to work out exactly how that will be allocated, some will be for new drugs in 2024 because they are needed, and some will be for the nursing home support scheme to make sure we do not see an increase in waiting times for the fair...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Leo Varadkar: On the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, I have not received the report yet. The practice would be to present it to the Cabinet and the Oireachtas and then refer it to an Oireachtas joint committee for further consideration. I am not sure whether that would be the committee on health or on justice, or both in the circumstances, but we will make that decision once the report is received. I...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...to serve on boards. We see many people in our prison system now leaving there and going to university to study criminology, sociology, etc. I have two friends now with PhDs who cannot get any sort of work in any area they have studied in. I think they would be an asset to any board, and especially this board. At the level of the drug task forces, we have also struggled to get people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

...the patient, David Tasma, requested more from Cicely Saunders than traditional medical care. He said, “I only want what is in your heart and mind.” Palliative care is not just about giving drugs for pain or other symptoms. Our scalpel is building honest relationships and being with people as accompanists in the last phase of life. This work parallels that of a midwife....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Seizures (12 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the value and volume of seizures of crack-cocaine and heroin in Limerick since the conclusion of Operation Copóg; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54638/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...a comprehensive Cost-of-Living package to help families; · comprehensive programme of dialogues and research by the Shared Island Unit underpinned by the Shared Island Fund; · the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use and the Final Report which is due by the end of the year and continued cross-Government focus on integrating the Well-being Framework into policymaking and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Safety (Amendment) Bill will reduce the statutory limits for concentration of alcohol in blood, urine and breath for a railway safety critical worker and update procedures for sampling and testing of workers for intoxicants (alcohol, drugs) and associated procedures under the Railway Safety Act 2005. Integrated Land Transport Planning In 2024, I will progress plans, in collaboration with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...is given to the allocation of resources (including newly attested Probationer Gardaí, personnel being allocated to specialist units, e.g. Roads Policing, Community Policing, Divisional Protective Services Units, Divisional Drug Units, etc.) and in facilitating transfers of personnel to/from any Division, account is given to commitments and undertakings outlined in the Annual Policing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...of unique offenders identified per year. These incidents are recorded across a broad range of incident categories with the predominant contributions from Theft (22%), Public Order Offences (20%), Court Related/Bail Offences (20%), Drugs (9%), Traffic (9%), Burglary (5%) and Criminal Damage (4%). As these are crime incidents reported, it is important to note that not all of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to having nitrous oxide categorised as an illegal drug and unlawful to possess, given the recent warning from a leading neurologist regarding the dangers associated with the use of nitrous oxide among young people, with up to ten patients a month presenting to one Dublin hospital with some patients requiring inpatient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new co-ordinator for the Finglas-Cabra local drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Strategic Action Plan for the National Drugs Strategy 2023-2024 is based on the six strategic priorities identified following the mid-term review of the strategy in 2021. The action plan was developed by strategic implementation groups reporting to the national oversight committee. A progress report for the first year will be published in due course. The HSE spends over €140m...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013.The HSE is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible. The HSE robustly assesses applications for pricing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Gould: 886. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the role her Department is playing in the national drugs strategy. [54842/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: I join the Deputy in commending the vital work the task force does. As the Deputy will be aware, there is increased investment in drug and alcohol programmes and support services. We need to go a lot further but we are increasing the services year on year. If the Deputy does not mind, I will revert to him regarding that particular post. My hope, especially as regards a replacement post...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Paddy Burke: ...of those involved in the accident and whether they were drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists or cyclists. The problem is there are no statistics in respect of whether the driver was drunk or on drugs. Other matters not recorded are the type of driving licence or experience of the driver, the age and roadworthiness of the car, weather conditions at the time of the accident, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: ...includes a strand called ‘Health and Well-being’. The learning outcomes of this strand include that students should be able to ‘explore the factors that influence mental health and well-being, including the influence of family, peers, societal attitudes, media, technology, alcohol and drugs, and one’s sense of self’, to ‘recognise unhelpful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (7 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...to Covid-19, and we are now seeing Garda recruits regularly enter Templemore. An Garda Síochána runs a number of initiatives aimed at improving community safety and tackling crime. These include:Operation Tara, which tackles street-level drug dealing, focuses on disrupting and dismantling the drug trafficking networks that impact on our communities and prosecuting those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the recruitment of a coordinator for the Cabra Finglas Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54330/23]