Results 41-60 of 151 for drugs speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: .... I will do what I generally do and engage in a brain dump. I might add that mine is a very damaged brain. As has been said, if we are talking about people who are looking for treatment for drug addiction or whatever else, we all know the hoops and obstacles that are involved. The people in question must also be in the frame of mind to be looking for help. There was a considerable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: By a considerable amount. It is a matter of checking if those figures have changed in the last while. Mr. Fitzgerald might have figures in respect of cases where alcohol and-or drugs were involved. Beyond that, are we talking about uninsured cars that were owned by person involved or are they vehicles that used to be referred to as company cars?

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...with, we need a citizens' assembly to be braver than we have been - by that, I mean the political class in general. We need to take on the twin issues the Minister has spoken about, namely property and drug criminality. The Minister's comments were useful in the sense of the conversation. We all know this needs to be health led. An attitude of "Just say no" is not going to work, but...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am revisiting a question from yesterday. We all welcome the citizens’ assembly on drugs use. The war on drugs is dead and buried and we know we need health-led initiatives. I want to ask specifically about drug debt intimidation. It is a particular issue and we need to ensure it is front and centre in regard to the citizens’ assembly. We then need action afterwards, not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all welcome the long-awaited citizens' assembly on drugs that is to commence in April. Many of us accept that the war on drugs is well and truly lost and see that our approach should be one of harm reduction and be health-led. We understand that our approach must also be about dealing with the substantial negative impacts on families and communities. However, I want to ensure we deal...

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...within the brain, a hand grenade. I think that was the term he used. He said anything can be the trigger that releases this in relation to mental health issues. We all know the issues there are with drug addiction, drug abuse and the issues there have always been with alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction, especially in this country. These can obviously be the means by which this grenade...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...like within the wider community. There are definite pieces of work we must do in that regard. We have to deal with very dangerous criminals at this point in time. We probably are all sick of talking about organised crime and drug criminality over the years and dealing with drug debt intimidation at a significant level. We hope the citizens' assembly can look at something that is far...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We need the citizens' assembly on drugs to happen as soon as possible. We are looking at absolute failure. When we talk about drug use, drug addiction, the services that relate to those problems, drug criminality and drug-debt intimidation, we speak about its impact across society, which is particularly bad in working-class areas in urban settings. We need to do something different. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...for people who will not do what I did. This is very interesting. Dr. Lopez discussed sleep research specifically, and sleep is something I am very interested in myself. When talking about drug therapies, will she elaborate on some of the specifics of the precision medicine and what we are talking about in that regard? It is difficult to get people to sign up for clinical trials for...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...doing that does not provide the solution that is needed across the board. The cases need to be reviewed as soon as possible. We need to put a better governance structure in place as regards anti-psychotic drugs. I do not know where someone can go in that regard. First and foremost, though, we need a timeline that we can present to our citizens for when the Government will provide a...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...conditions that prevail, particularly in big urban settings under the cosh owing to issues that exist throughout this State and island and most of the modern world, such as organised crime and drug use. These issues affect communities in particular, but we have to facilitate people to escape poverty. The only way we can do that is by engaging with the communities, putting in the supports...

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (8 Dec 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...at the law to a degree that they were biting off more than they could chew. That is no longer the case and action has been taken. Like many of these cases, when we are dealing with the issue of drug dealing, a significant part of what needs to be done is to ensure international co-operation in criminal justice matters, and all the sophisticated tools that are necessary. A wider issue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (6 Dec 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Drugs Related Intimidation Reporting Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60618/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are we any closer to a date for a citizens' assembly on drugs? We know the issue we all have, particularly in deprived communities that are absolutely ravaged by drug gangs and drug debt intimidation. Not only should we have a citizens' assembly; I would like to think that there are also conversations going on at European level about this matter. We all accept that Ireland, whether on a...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...wrong roads politically and all the rest of it. As a protection of democracy and good values across the board, however, we need to ensure we deal with the issues, whether it is housing, poverty or the drugs that are rife, particularly in working-class communities. We must look at all these particular issues. I will reiterate what many have said today. This is a very different world...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is alright. First, I would like to thank my colleagues. We all accept that we need something to deal with the coercion of minors and the facts of grooming by drugs gangs of very young kids. In some cases these are very vulnerable kids who are at the periphery of society. We all know that these drugs gangs do this from a point of view of protecting themselves and of having a buffer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (20 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: As I said in the House yesterday, we can all accept that the war on drugs has been lost. We are going to need a citizens' assembly on drugs as soon as possible. We obviously need a more novel approach because what we are doing at the minute is not working. That is not to say we do not need criminal sanction and resources to deal with dangerous criminals. Drug debt intimidation is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work of her Department in tackling drug-related intimidation and reporting. [52410/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (20 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any progress made on the DRIVE project to build the capacity of communities to respond more effectively to drug-related intimidation and violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51618/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I also reiterate that we really need a date for the citizens’ assembly on drugs. We can all accept at this stage that the so-called war on drugs is well and truly lost. We know that we have communities which are completely under the cosh of criminal elements and that we do not have the addiction services that are required to deal with the need that is there. Most of my dealings with...