Results 401-420 of 1,080,426 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Anne Rabbitte OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:Johnny Mythen OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Patrick Costello OR speaker:Pauline Tully OR speaker:Eamon Ryan OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Mary Butler OR speaker:Neasa Hourigan OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Kathleen Funchion OR speaker:Matt Shanahan OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Colm Brophy OR speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Denise Mitchell OR speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Michael Lowry OR speaker:Gino Kenny) in 'Committee meetings'
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I now invite Mr. Tony Duffin to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. Duffin for that statement. We will now move on to the members. Each member has seven minutes to put questions and make a contribution. Our first contributor is Deputy Stanton.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Deputy McAuliffe is next.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: No problem. I call Deputy Ward.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: This has been a useful conversation. We are still talking about it in terms of saying that people are getting off scot-free. There is a sense of that in the public; I do not mean the witnesses are saying it. That there is a sense in the public that diversion means that people are getting scot-free for hurting themselves just seems crazy. Deputy McAuliffe left and is coming back in a...
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Are there no treatment beds there?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Duffin is talking about somebody in crisis.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It may be somebody who had a close call - an overdose or something. They then have to drive up the road-----
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: They need residential-----
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: For people in Limerick, the closest is Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I am often on the road between Dublin and Limerick. That journey seems particularly onerous for someone who might not be having their best few weeks. However, Limerick in general-----
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Duffin said that gardaí are very co-operative and that they have a very good relationship down there. That brings me to my next question. I have encountered somebody who had previous convictions and who does a lot of work on it. They said to me - I was surprised because they are a huge advocate for drug treatment - that they would not be in favour of decriminalisation because they...
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I was just thinking of something that someone said to me on the doorstep last night. He said someone broke into his car and the person also had an addiction issue on top of that. What this man was describing to me was that for that person the point at which they access services or were offered anything was at the point when they went into the court system. Surely that is a problem. It...
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: And they will still receive care.
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I have a number of questions about the drug treatment court. How many times a year does the court sit?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: It sits 48 times a year, therefore. Is that correct?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: How many people tend to come before the court on a given Wednesday?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Does it tend to be the same 20 people every week or does it change?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: It is a very good concept. The first time I saw it was in Philly McMahon's very good documentary, which showed the positive sides of diversion, education and so forth. My understanding is that the programme tries to separate the issues of dependency, sanctioning and the person. What is the interaction between the judge and the person who is there? What happens?
- Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Can the judge issue any sanction against that person at any time?