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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023)

..., there was a lot of expenditure, but we had a good Covid, if I can use that horrible expression, because a number of pandemic-proof sectors did really well. We were producing the vaccines and the antiviral drugs in Ireland, and everybody went online, so ICT profitability was strong. Corporation taxes essentially doubled between the year before the pandemic and 2022 and that kind of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Road Safety (30 Nov 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...main causes of collisions on our roads, and the speed of the collision can determine whether death or serious injury results. The new Bill will make it mandatory for gardaí to test drivers for drugs after a collision involving death or injury. Currently, drug testing in these cases is optional. The new approach will be in line with alcohol testing provisions. It is hoped that,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use recently held its final meeting and the final report from this assembly is scheduled to be published before the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (30 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she plans to measure the effectiveness of drug and alcohol awareness programmes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52813/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use recently held its final meeting and the final report from this assembly is scheduled to be published before the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Nov 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...Total Accessing Garda Info System 6 Assault 9 Corrupt / Improper Practice 6 Criminal Damage 1 Discreditable Conduct 12 Drugs 5 DVA / Coercive Control 7 Forgery / Fraud 3 Harassment 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Industry (30 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will take action to address the steeply rising insurance costs facing community drug services (details supplied). [52930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...treatment medication tyvense; if he will acknowledge the impact the scarcity of this medication is having on people who are prescribed it, especially children with autism and ADHD, who without the drug are unable to go to school, function at home or have quality of life; if he will outline the steps he is taking to secure a regular and consistent supply of the medication and indicate when...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ..., whereas here they might have the capacity to deal with people on a one-to-one basis on this matter. There was another question on motor insurance. We see it when people are caught drunk-driving or drug-driving and are put off the road for a certain period of time. Those individuals had motor insurance prior to the offence, but when they go back in for a quote, having served their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...because the Garda, for whatever reason - perhaps it does not have the resources - cannot prevent antisocial behaviour occurring there. I refer in particular to congregation for the purpose of drug-taking. What is going to be done to ensure that people in Ennis feel safe going about their business, that public facilities can remain open and that antisocial behaviour is prevented there?...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Regina Doherty: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 10 be taken before No. 1. We are introducing the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023. As most Members are aware, nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas, is probably the recreational drug most abused by those aged 18 or younger. It is probably apt that we have such an abundant number of young...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...but we need to address the root causes of the lack of safety and public order. We need to ensure there is an elimination, that is an absolute tackling and ending of the ongoing, consistent, persistent and open drug dealing, usage and distribution in the city centre. I could set my watch by it. I refer to all the other antisocial behaviour that goes on and that makes people uncomfortable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Daly: Going back to the last time and the discussion about blood, urine and hair, my recollection of our previous engagement is that hair is the best sample in that it will even tell you if there were drugs, historically, that would not show in blood or urine. It is similar with human beings. If you watch crime dramas in America, a hair sample can show how long somebody is clean. I believe it is...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) See 17 other results from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...required to fund the total cost of claims which will be settled in respect of 2023. Subhead L1 relates to the primary care reimbursement service and local demand-led schemes at €109 million. The primary care reimbursement service, PCRS. administers a number of demand-led schemes such as the general medical services schemes, community demand-led schemes, and the national drug...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

...to have a public order response, but also a very visible uniformed response. The issue for me now is going to be around prioritisation. We put a lot of effort into things like street crime and low-level drug dealing, etc., and there will have to be a refocusing towards having visibility on the streets. We recognise that in terms of our police work in the city centre, no matter how many...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Maurice Quinlivan: ...hate, fear and misinformation. We need to build and strengthen communities and not divide them. We need to resource our communities properly, reverse cuts to community groups, youth services and drug and addiction services. We cannot and should not treat this solely as a policing issue. As I have said, on Thursday a cloud descended over our capital. By the evening, during the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...perpetrator is in custody and, in time, we will learn the story behind all this. The reality, however, is that Dublin city centre has not been safe for some time, with antisocial behaviour, open drug dealing and drug taking, street drinking, and gangs hanging around causing trouble. This should not be news to the Taoiseach. What happened in the aftermath of the horrific knife attack...