Results 461-480 of 1,168,588 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:John Dolan OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Barry Cowen OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Marian Harkin OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Catherine Martin OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Richard Bruton6 OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Michael Lowry OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Gino Kenny OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Matt Shanahan) in 'Committee meetings'
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Our next speaker is Mr. Karl Ducque from Youth Workers Against Prohibition. I now invite Mr. Ducque to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. McCann and all the witnesses for their opening statements. Each member has seven minutes and I will be strict on time. I ask members to keep it tight. Our first contributor is Deputy Stanton.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I will ask Mr. D'Arcy to come in briefly and then bring him in again during-----
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Our next speaker is Deputy Crowe.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Mr. D'Arcy and Mr. Collins, did you want to come in?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Will Mr. Ducque come in very briefly?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: I will prioritise Mr. Collins in the next part, if that is okay. I now call Deputy McAuliffe.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank everyone for coming in. We are always trying to use our time in the meeting. We are here to do a body of work. Sometimes for us it can be frustrating revisiting topics such as the impacts of poverty, intergenerational trauma and the concentration of this in disadvantaged communities. The reason it can be frustrating is because many of the people who are here at this committee are...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: That has an impact on retention and recruitment.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I hear Mr. D’Arcy there.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: The question was about youth justice and that project.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: Are there any organisations that are funded by youth justice?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: In theory, the UBU project is for general youth work and the youth justice system is for more targeted youth work. On young people being referred to services through the Garda referral process, what is Mr. Ducque's experience of criminal association with addiction or involvement in the sale or distribution of drugs? How does that get in the way of working with young people? Does it get in...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: They are picking up too many charges.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: It is an opportunity to engage.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: You are all right. I will let you in during the next part. Senator Ruane probably has a few questions. It sounds like a great initiative.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: We will go into supplementary questions now. Does Deputy Crowe have any additional questions?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: The committee produced a very comprehensive report based on hearings with witnesses who came before us. It was an interim report, although it may end up being the final report of the committee because there will be a general election in a number of weeks. The report is very progressive. One of the main areas it touches on is repealing the Misuse of Drugs Act. We cannot really discuss...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Family and Community: Discussion (24 Oct 2024)
Gino Kenny: Thanks for that. The staff here have been fantastic and all the members have been really good about getting that report out.