Results 21-30 of 30 for drugs speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...car was stopped a number of hours before Mr. O'Farrell was killed, and despite the fact that the car was not properly insured, there was no basis for an arrest or for taking the car off the road because the divisional drug unit made the stop. That is simply accepted. The O'Farrell family disputes the account given by a garda in respect of the complaint involving Mr. Gradzuiska's wife....

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., documentary evidence to say that the PSNI contacted the Garda Síochána. It also uncritically accepts the fact that, even though the car was stopped a few hours before Shane was killed, because it was simply a drugs search, there was no need to check for insurance or anything like that. It accepts that as a matter of course. It does not seek to go any further. I am very...

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...addiction and affliction. That case, the scale of the problems people can get into and the devastation it can cause families are replicated throughout the country. In many cases, it is an addiction that is less visible than drug or alcohol abuse. It is fair to say that it is ever-present. It has always created problems in terms of addiction but it has never been as visible as it is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...analysts. The analysts were not involved in the report that was presented. Does Ms Feehily agree that it was unusual and remarkable and that if a comparable report were to have been prepared by the drugs section and presented to the Policing Authority, those involved would have been consulted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of it. I find this almost impossible to comprehend. Would the assistant commissioner agree that this is comparable to a discussion taking place at the Policing Authority involving significant drugs issues and the Garda national drugs and serious crime unit not having sight of the report?

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...them in the best possible way. Lariam which contains the active ingredient mefloquine, has been associated with psychosis, suicidal thoughts, depression and hallucinations. These are very serious conditions that have long-term implications for family and loved ones also. The drug has been administered to Irish soldiers serving in Liberia, Chad and sub-Saharan Africa since 1994....

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...as a high priority case, he had not been allocated a social worker because of staff shortages. Dylan was in the care of the State after leaving the care of his mother who was struggling with a drug problem. He died just before his 17th birthday, with a high level of toxicity in his system. A recent review of the case by the national review panel found that issues with his welfare had...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on statements by the recently elected President of the Philippines regarding sentencing for persons arrested for drug offences, and on capital punishment; if these statements affect the attitude of the Government regarding any Irish nationals standing or likely to stand trial in the Philippines for such offences or for other...

Topical Issue Debate: Consular Services Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., payment for court appearances and so on? It has been well articulated by Deputy Barry and myself that there has been a change in circumstances in the Philippines with regard to its attitude towards drugs offences. Is the Minister confident that it is possible for Mr. Ó Cochláin to get a fair trial on a charge such as this one?

Topical Issue Debate: Consular Services Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of Filipino prisons and concerns about due process there. It has become, however, far more serious since the election of President Duterte, who has sanctioned and stood over a campaign of extra-judicial murder of people involved in the drug trade or people alleged to be involved in it, such as Mr. Ó Cochláin, and the President’s political opponents. His family and he are...