Results 81-100 of 119 for drugs speaker:Damien English

Drug Abuse: Motion. (23 May 2006)

Damien English: ...seriously. The proceeds from the Criminal Assets Bureau should be ring-fenced and spent in this area. It should be spent on prevention programmes and schemes to give people a chance to stay off drugs. As for community policing, proper gardaí are required. Every Garda station must have a number of gardaí specifically allocated to tackling drug abuse. I am tired of hearing from residents...

Written Answers — Drugs Awareness Programme: Drugs Awareness Programme (16 May 2006)

Damien English: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department co-operates with the Department of Education and Science in relation to drugs education in the education system here as recommended by the National Drugs Strategy; if so, the programmes which are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18160/06]

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the use of moneys seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau for drug prevention and drug treatment programmes, in view of the increasing misuse of drugs and the need to enhance funding for the national drugs strategy; if he will urge his Cabinet colleagues to support the granting of such moneys for this...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: ...Minister of State is satisfied with the amount of money being spent but the delays are a direct result of the fact that not enough money is being spent. Money raised through CAB is money made from drugs crime. Money made on the back of drugs and the hurt, death and destruction associated with drug abuse should be put back into solving the drugs problem. Some €16 million has been made...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: It is a question. The Minister says he is happy that €5 million has been given to the regional drugs task forces but that is less than €250,000 per county to tackle drugs. It will not even cover four or five staff in a treatment centre or working with young people to prevent them taking the drugs road. Will he return to the Government and ask for an increase in money to fight drugs? Youth...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: Methadone is only one form of treatment and many groups want to treat drug users. The Minister of State will be aware the Aisling group in County Meath, for example, does great work but operates on a shoestring budget. It is directly funded by the Department but has been unable to secure additional funding.

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: Now that the Minister of State has finally accepted that there are drugs in every village and town in the country and that we have a serious epidemic, does he believe that every Garda station should have a specific drugs unit or drugs squad? If gardaí are not present to tackle drugs specifically, it will be difficult to obtain results. Gardaí may deal with other crimes first and drug crime...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Damien English: They are not specifically for drugs. It is not worth their while chasing that crime.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Damien English: ...needs to be enacted quickly to scare such people. The Bill will tighten up the provision whereby a mandatory sentence of ten years' imprisonment is imposed on people convicted of dealing in drugs worth more than €13,000. That has been the law since 1999, but it has not been enforced in 95% of cases as a result of get-out clauses. I welcome the tightening up of this law. We need to...

National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)

Damien English: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main aspects of the national drugs strategy where considerable progress remains to be achieved; the way in which he intends to ensure that all the 100 recommendations contained in the strategy and those amended through the mid-term review of the strategy are implemented in full by the strategy's end; and if he...

National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)

Damien English: ...there are encouraging signs of progress. The report he refers to was published almost a year ago and those who wrote it might change their minds in the current climate, with people being shot and drug usage increasing. We are going backwards in terms of the availability of drugs. Drugs are widespread and readily available in every town and village in the country and usage has increased...

National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)

Damien English: ...of State lobby the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to increase the level of community policing, given that it is highlighted in most task force plans as a successful way to tackle the drug problem?

National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)

Damien English: Will the Minister of State bring the issue of community policing to the attention of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? Although every Garda station may have access to a drugs squad, it will not have one based in it.

National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)

Damien English: It does not. Every station needs a person dedicated to combating illegal drugs crime. As it takes so long to get a result in a drug crime, to keep detection figures up, many stations put their efforts into combating other areas of crime. Will the Minister of State bring this to the attention of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? The Minister of State claims the money is...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Damien English: Ten-year sentences for drugs are not handed down.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Damien English: ...the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the dissatisfaction expressed by representatives of the community and voluntary sector over their involvement with the national drugs strategy; the action he will take to re-engage this sector in the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4370/06]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (30 Nov 2005)

Damien English: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has consulted with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in relation to changes in prison drugs policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36860/05]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (29 Nov 2005)

Damien English: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of specialist staff involved in drug prevention and treatment in each Irish prison; if he will provide a breakdown of their area of expertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36423/05]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (29 Nov 2005)

Damien English: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are vacancies within the Irish Prison Service in respect of specialist staff for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse; the length of time such posts have been vacant; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36424/05]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (29 Nov 2005)

Damien English: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the additional measures and staffing resources he intends to put in place to deal with drug abuse treatment within the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36425/05]