Results 421-440 of 1,115,325 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Joe Flaherty OR speaker:Seán Fleming OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Brendan Smith OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Willie O'Dea OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú) in 'Committee meetings'

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: There was a statement made that there was nothing at the Sinn Féin Ard-Fheis in respect of decriminalisation. I point out to Senator Ruane that we had a very comprehensive motion at the Ard-Fheis, motion No. 94 - I wrote the motion so I know it - that accepts all the recommendations of the citizens' assembly, including decriminalisation of drug use. Senator Ruane referred to people...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: There is an argument that not everybody found in simple possession needs to go through a health-led approach. They may be using drugs recreationally and may not have any other problems, in the same way that people use alcohol at the weekends. Is it a waste of resources to direct people in that cohort to a health-led approach? That seems to be the conversation at the moment, that everybody...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: That is fine. I thank Ms Brennan.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Deputy Ward has laid out Sinn Féin's support for all of the recommendations of the citizens' assembly. I do not know how many times I have spoken in the Dáil about decriminalisation, a health-led approach and the fact that the war on drugs, this farce we have all engaged with internationally, has not worked in any way, shape or form. What I was talking about was my absolute...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Any point in respect of diversion-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It was two weeks ago that the Senator was rowing with me.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like to point out that I believe the issue of drug debt intimidation has a very significant impact on communities. I believe that drug dealing and criminality has a very serious impact. I believe that people who should get-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I believe that people who should get supports-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Give me one second.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Is there no such thing as a bad drug dealer in any way, shape or form?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I have asked the question.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The question was on those who need supports and so on but who fall into the court's bailiwick. I am talking about people who are being used and abused by nefarious characters. I accept that there are people-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are we saying there is no such thing as a bad drug dealer? Of course, there are people-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Of course, there are bogeymen. Of course, there are people who are engaged in-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I could name a couple and I do not care what hardships they came through.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will. I believe that people who should get supports, do not. I imagine the drug treatment court quite often has to deal with people getting used by drug gangs. We need to do what we can to divert people from that. If there is an underlying addiction, we need to provide supports. I imagine the court has come across many people who are vulnerable, who have an addiction and who have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much. Like him, I welcome the witnesses. I also wish to say how powerful the presentations were. I compliment all of the witnesses in that regard. I do not think any of us disagree with any element of the contributions they made. I listened to Ms O'Connor recently at a meeting of the North-South Inter-Parliamentary Association, as did the Cathaoirleach and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: Safe Ireland is the umbrella body dealing with different groups that provide services for victims of domestic abuse. Is there good collaboration on an all-Ireland basis between the relevant statutory agencies, North and South? Ms Mitchell mentioned the cross-Border dimension to all of this, whether it is accessing services or the perpetrators of violence leaving one jurisdiction and being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: Sharing of information is not a big draw on resources. I hope there is the relevant sharing of information between the agencies.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Over the past year, as the genocide in Gaza in particular has intensified and as a global boycott campaign has grown, the Israeli economy contracted quite an amount. Its credit rating has been downgraded multiple times and its economy has suffered across virtually every sector. Yet, one area that is apparently booming is its trade in dual-use items with a military purpose with Ireland in...