Results 101-120 of 158 for drugs speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Suicide Prevention (8 Dec 2011)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...re-issue of the good practice guidelines for clinicians to prescribers, pharmacists and all relevant health professionals. The Department is also reviewing legislative measures under the misuse of drugs regulations to introduce stricter controls on benzodiazepines and related substances, such as the possible introduction of import and export licence controls and the introduction of...

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: I told the Minister the national drugs strategy was useless. Heroin use was spreading in Dublin and he was doing nothing about it.

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wanted abuse to stop and a proper national drugs strategy.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Jun 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: I accept the Minister's bona fides with regard to the abuse of drugs and alcohol and as far as I am concerned, that is not at issue. However, this proposal is a recommendation of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board in one of its recent reports. With respect, I do not accept the points made by the Minister. There is no reason he cannot incorporate the same basic regime as will be...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Jun 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: What limits currently apply in the context of determining whether someone is under the influence of alcohol or drugs? How much alcohol must one consume before one is deemed to be under the influence?

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jun 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a drug users first presentation is recorded using the national drug treatment reporting system forms in each county within the north east region; or if these people only appear on the system after they have been in receipt of a prescription. [23388/10]

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...not enforced, we will continue to have problems, notwithstanding reductions in speeding and alcohol consumption by drivers. The referral for treatment of those who have been convicted of drink or drug driving is also an issue. We may have to make it mandatory for those convicted of these offences to do a course in alcohol counselling. Together with the penalty of being unable to drive,...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (16 Dec 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will continue to support an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth which deals with drug addiction in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47270/09]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...on it but these people have multiple items. Many of them are senior citizens and they will be fearful that they will not be able to pay for their medicine at the chemist. If they have five or ten drugs on a prescription what will they do? This Government will make them pay for them when they cannot afford it, it is making them suffer and even greater indignity. In this modern State,...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: A road traffic Bill to introduce mandatory drug testing at the scene of accidents was promised by the Minister two years ago. When will that legislation be published? In view of the loss of almost 700 jobs in Aer Lingus, will the Financial Appropriations Bill include a provision to withdraw the travel tax that has had a significant adverse effect on the volume of transport through our airports?

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The key point is that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, promised two years ago that there would be mandatory testing for alcohol and drug abuse at the scene of accidents. There is no sign of the Bill, no sign of the action. This Government has abjectly failed in all respects.

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...help people, offer them advice, get them involved in the local boxing club and so on. These are the types of links we must build within communities. In their absence, we will continue to have drug-ridden and crime-ridden areas in our cities and towns. In these difficult economic times, it is particularly important that we provide support to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds...

Written Answers — Road Haulage Licences: Road Haulage Licences (23 Apr 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances surrounding the granting of a haulage licence by his Department to a person (details supplied) in view of reported past drug trafficking offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16044/09]

Haulage Licensing. (22 Apr 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...and the Departments of Transport and Justice, Equality and Law Reform to do their job. The Government, through those Departments, has failed to protect the public. As Deputy Costello stated, drugs destroy families and communities. It is unforgivable that Ministers failed to ensure adequate protocols were in place to check the records of those applying for international haulage licences...

Road Traffic Offences. (2 Apr 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...this promise from his predecessor? When his brother was Taoiseach, he gave the same commitment. The reality is that until a driver knows that he will undergo mandatory testing for alcohol and drugs when involved in an accident, there will be no more significant reduction in road deaths. It is not good enough for the Minister of State to say that it is being prepared. It will never...

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...and waste across the public service, and get rid of the 40 quangos as proposed by my colleague Deputy Leo Varadkar. Savings of almost €200 million could be made by switching to generic drugs. Many significant changes can be made which would improve our competitiveness. There is shock and awe at the mess the Government has made of the economy. In the 18th century we had was is called...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...of €224 million in the HSE pay bill, including the massive bonuses and perks for the underperforming HSE managers. Unlike the Government, Fine Gael would have delivered savings in the national drugs and pharmacy Bill by allowing pharmacists to substitute generic drugs for their branded equivalents. Fine Gael would have set out a concrete and specific plan to cut the number of...

Written Answers — Aviation Regulations: Aviation Regulations (24 Sep 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation to allow for the testing of pilots for drugs and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30006/08]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (17 Apr 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of any cancer drug reaction studies being carried out in the Dublin north east Health Service Executive area; the reason for such a study; the persons who are carrying it out; if such studies are being carried out elsewhere in other HSE areas; the date this study commenced; the expected completion date; and when the...

Small Craft Register. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...a register for certain small craft which would, as the Revenue Commissioners have suggested to his Department, be of considerable benefit to Revenue in controlling coastal smuggling, particularly drug smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3872/08]