Results 81-89 of 89 for drugs speaker:Pearse Doherty

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...hospitals due to cuts. The cuts in this budget will close hundreds, if not thousands, more public hospital beds. Prescription charges have already been imposed on medical card holders while drug companies continue to make vast profits. In the past week an average of 300 patients were on trolleys in accident and emergency units in our public hospitals. The recruitment ban in the health...

Seanad: Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ...the most vulnerable, the most weak and the poorest in society. I urge the Minister of State to accept and listen carefully to the proposals that we have tabled. We all know that there was a drug in banking society, but also in the elite in Irish society, which was based on profit, bonuses and a merry-go-round that they thought would never end, and they are holding the rest of us, the...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the important issue of the national drugs strategy. I do not support the motion but I will support the amendment tabled by the Fine Gael Party because it best reflects the current crisis we are in. Chronic underfunding has been a feature of this area. It is one thing to have a strategy but one needs to look at the reality to date with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ..., developments have taken place. There has been a meeting of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union with 1,100 pharmacists informing the meeting that they will be withdrawing from the medical card and drugs repayment schemes on 1 May. I have made clear how I feel on the issue. I have asked the IPU and individual pharmacists not to withdraw their services. However, they have indicated they...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (4 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...contacted Members of these Houses but we have also received calls from patients worried that they will not receive service if their pharmacies withdraw from the general medical service, GMS, or the drugs payment scheme. Last week 475,000 letters were handed in to these Houses but they were allowed in at a rate of only five at a time. The figure shows how many people believe the Minister...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (19 Dec 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...éirigh leis deis a thabhairt do na páirtithe uilig tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún. Tugann mo pháirtí lán-tacaíocht don rún agus molaim é don tSeanad. The number of deaths as a result of drugs overdoses has increased markedly since 2001. According to figures provided by the Taoiseach to my colleague, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, such deaths increased by 32% between 2004 and 2005...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...a blood alcohol limit of zero needs to be introduced. This needs to be followed up by making proper provision for rural transport for those who need it. I am also disappointed that the issue of drug driving has not been tackled. As Ireland has been a pioneer in other areas such as smoking legislation, it should also be a pioneer on drug driving. When we debate the issue of drugs in...

Seanad: Witness Protection Programme Bill 2007: Second Stage (31 Oct 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...want to be protected from criminals through effective on-the-ground policing and not through being hidden away from family and friends with a false identity. If society is to seriously tackle drugs and gun crime, it is essential the gardaí work in genuine partnership with communities using the resources available in the most effective manner. This means the civilianisation of...

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...of the Garda. A robust process of civilianisation would allow for more effective and focused use of existing resources, including a doubling of resources allocated to the national and local drug units. There can be no doubt that increased gun crime here is directly linked to the increased prevalence of drugs in our communities. A cache of guns and ammunition accompanies every major...