Results 121-140 of 19,888 for drugs

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers who were detected drink driving each year, from 2020 to date in 2024; the number convicted in court for this offence; the number who were issued with a fixed penalty notice for drink driving; the number who paid the FCPN within the time limit, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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. Statutory Instrument No. 277 of 1971, put a limitation on Section...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Feb 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if the new drug Veoza will be available in Ireland on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9188/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...of alcohol. As part of the development of this Bill, I held consultations in November 2021. We had more than 5,000 responses, including responses from Alcohol Action Ireland, the Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, the Health Service Executive alcohol programme, the Institute of Public Health, the Irish Community Action on Alcohol...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Mark Ward: ...list waiting for social housing. That council's process is that it seeks some sort of Garda vetting, or some sort of okay from a superintendent, that the person moving in has not got a record. Drug charges or violence are usually the two things they look for in that regard. I ask for some sort of cross-departmental co-operation to see if there is any assistance we can give the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (22 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown by age of people who have been given a ten-year mandatory sentence for drugs issues over the past decade. [8222/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Gino Kenny: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a regional breakdown of where charges for possession of a controlled drug for personal use have been issued in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8325/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...this work. It is generally recognised that prostitution is inherently exploitative of vulnerable persons, mainly women and girls, and that many people are forced into prostitution through trafficking, drug addiction, homelessness and poverty. A key purpose for the 2017 Sexual Offences Act was to provide additional protection to persons involved in prostitution, especially vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...in developing a community safety plan in each local authority area. It will allow each partnership to deal with issues of community safety which are not strictly within the criminal justice system (e.g. drug misuse, youth services, public lighting, integration and diversity issues). The Community Safety Plan will be a matter for each Partnership once established. In order to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Gino Kenny: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many minors or people aged under 18 years have been charged with possession of a controlled drug for personal use for each of the year 2017 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the Scheme at the following link on the Garda website: www.garda.ie/en/about-us/publications/policy-documents/adult -cautioning-scheme-policy-document-feb-21-.pdf Offences under Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended) for possession of cannabis or cannabis resin, a controlled substance, were added to the Adult Cautioning Scheme from 14 December 2020. Only offences from that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2024)

James Browne: ...issue in one or more geographical areas.The subgroup to review Garda powers has produced a policy paper with recommendations focused on offences under the Public Order Acts, but not serious crime, such as drugs and organised crime, and not low-level nuisances such as litter, graffiti, etc. for which Gardaí do not have responsibility.The scramblers subgroup delivered a community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (22 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...allocated to An Garda Síochána in recent years have enabled the Garda Commissioner to assign extra resources to the specialist units involved in tackling organised crime, including the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Armed Support Unit and the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). Since 2015, over €345m...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which membership of criminal gangs or those associated with drug crimes has decreased or increased in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to open with an explanation as to what HHC is and its current legal position. Tetrahydrocannabinol, known as THC, is the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, is a Schedule 1 controlled drug in the Misuse of Drugs Regulations and is subject to the strictest of controls. Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is a derivative of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) but it is not a Schedule 1 controlled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...In circumstances where an applicant is still over the income limit for a medical card, they are then assessed for a GP visit card, which entitles the applicant to GP visits without charge. The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) ensures that no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines/medical items. The DPS significantly reduces the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: A Ministerial Licence issued pursuant to Section 14 for the Misuse of Drugs entitles the clinician licensee to prescribe, import, supply , possess and administer a cannabis-based product containing Tetrahydrocannabinol. The decision on what to prescribe is a clinical decision in which neither the Minister for Health nor the Department of Health has a role. As the products are Schedule 1...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Matt Shanahan: ...of applications to the HSE via the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, medicines review group every year, especially in the area of orphan diseases. The Minister will be aware that a number of drugs have come onto the scheme, perhaps more than 150 in recent years. Another 150 are probably out there for specific groups of patients. This will always create a difficult economic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ..., in which the originating incident location was identified as ‘Curragh Camp’ or ‘The Curragh’. The most common arrest reason given was ‘Driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs’. The Garda authorities further advise that following a review of incident narratives, there is no indication in any case that arrests were made specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (21 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct drug harm-reduction campaigns aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer; his plans to roll out the use of ‘back of house’ drug checking through the use of surrender bins, which was piloted last summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/24]