Results 41-59 of 59 for drugs speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has made an allocation for the operational budget of the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force for 2022 as with the other 23 task forces nationally; and if this allocation for the task force, set at €224,000 for 2021, is included in the HSE budget for 2022. [3079/22]

Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...is “very litigious and has a pliant court system.” There are far more significance and gross violations of human rights, no less than the death penalty. The report states: Singapore retains the death penalty, which is mandated for many drug offenses and certain other crimes. However, under provisions introduced in 2012, judges have some discretion to bypass the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on the governance shortcomings in the operations of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Taskforce communicated in a letter (details supplied) to members of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2667. To ask the Minister for Health the legal basis for the suspension of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38697/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...a wonderful and progressive legislator. It is 25 years since the report on revitalising areas by planning, investment and development, RAPID. The report founded the principles of community-led drug and alcohol task forces. The first of these was in my constituency in the north inner city. Twenty-five years on from the report, it is to my dismay that the north inner city drugs and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: There was no answer to my question specifically on the north inner city drugs task force.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (3 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1008. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE-recommended first-line treatments for medical conditions should be available on the drugs payment scheme, including Cariban, Xonvea and Navalem which are used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (3 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1009. To ask the Minister for Health if unlicensed prescription medications are available on the drugs payment scheme in circumstances in which licensed versions are not currently available or marketed in Ireland; and if licensed medications for hyperemesis gravidarum are currently available and marketed in Ireland. [12148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (3 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1010. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application for Xonvea was rejected for inclusion on the drugs payment scheme by the HSE on the advice of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, which determined that the medicine is not good value for money and that comes at a higher cost than other ways to manage this condition (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (24 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1044. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are taking place with drug alcohol task forces and projects given the commitment in budget 2021 to increase the core funding for existing drug task force services during 2021 and the widespread recognition that there will be a significant increase in demand for addiction services when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if not, when these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (24 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health if the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy will provide for a clear and urgent response to drug related intimidation, debt and violence; and if the revised strategy will include a strong commitment to putting in place the long-term and sustainable economic initiatives that are required to address the issue. [10580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (24 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1046. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy will address the limitations of the health diversion programme that is currently being developed by his Department and which will continue to criminalise possession of drugs for persons caught more than once or twice in some circumstances, that is, those persons with the most serious drug...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Minister of State referenced the drug-related intimidation project work, which was an initiative of the National Family Support Network. It is very important to state that the role referenced by the Minister of State ceased almost a month and a half ago. It was a success, but has now been defunded. One of the last acts of the project was the commissioning of a report which demonstrated...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Gary Gannon: ..., such as those we have heard this morning, I am often fascinated by what is missed and what is not said. I am quite surprised that the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, did not refer to drug-related debt or intimidation, which are endemic not just in my community in Dublin Central but in communities all over Dublin and - I imagine - all over Ireland. I ask the Minister of State to tell...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: The Tánaiste will be familiar with the Keltoi drugs rehabilitation service, based in the Phoenix Park. On 20 March, HSE staff were redeployed from Keltoi, a 20-bed residential treatment centre that specialises in the treatment of people with alcohol and drug dependency and dual diagnoses. Keltoi is under the management of community healthcare organisation, CHO 9 addiction services and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (12 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the reopening of the Keltoi residential drugs and alcohol service, Phoenix Park, Dublin 20, which was closed in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if drug and alcohol support groups and treatment programmes are permitted to operate under potential level 5 restrictions; if so, if he will provide guidance on the safe continuation of these much needed supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/20]

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: ...and brought to the fore the very idea of community organising. His work did not just have an impact in the north inner city but set a standard that was replicated throughout the country, in drugs task forces, community policing forums and in organising communities to stand up against the oppression of drugs and the indifference of the State. Fergus will be remembered by many people. He...

Public Health, Well-being and National Drugs Strategy: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: ...interest in my community for the first time. I went to an incredible community leader named Fergus McCabe to tell him I would like to get more involved. He suggested I go on the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force. A great guy, he was a big help to me along the way. I went on to the task force in 2008 as a community representative. I sat around the table with the project...