Results 61-80 of 131 for drugs speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Substance Misuse (16 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of babies born either addicted to or effected by drugs or alcohol in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [56006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls received by the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [55998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if former prisoners (details supplied) had been given extra money by the prison to help them re-enter society; if this extra money was used to buy drugs; and the steps taken to ensure that such funds do not get spent on drugs. [47591/21]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...while she was asleep over the course of 12 months. When the judge was handing down the sentence, he credited that perpetrator for confessing and allowing the case to be brought forward. In February, a former drug dealer was given a fully suspended sentence despite sexually assaulting a woman. In another case, a man was given the opportunity to be spared a criminal conviction for the...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of Europe. What is Moore Street now? It is an outdoor toilet. It gives me no pleasure to say that. If one speaks to many of the people who work on Moore Street, they will say that there is violence, drug use and people defecating in that street. Moore Street has been allowed to fall into that level of dereliction by at least two Governments in the last while. It is an incredible...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (24 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the volume of drugs taken in the Irish Prison Service each year for the past ten years; the volume of drugs that were confiscated or seized in the Irish Prison Service in each of the past ten years; the number of prisoners that are classified as drug addicts; and the number of prisoners receiving treatment for drug...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: .... Each brick is a significant economic or social cost to the people. It is a difference in cancer treatment or income taxes. It is a difference in ambulance services or policing. It is a difference in drug treatment, third level education or road and rail infrastructure. Some years ago I carried out a report for the then Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...’s name is he supposed to be able to fix it? On the "RTÉ Investigates" programme to which I refer, statistics were provided which showed that a large number of people who are homeless become drug addicts after they become homeless. Sometimes we hear a debate to the effect that people are responsible for their own misfortunes. They certainly are not. People have been...

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of abuse. Last year, the number of referrals to Tusla during the lockdown fell significantly. That is because teachers are best placed to note the warning signs with regard to children at risk. Domestic violence, mental health and drug and alcohol abuse are on the rise in families around the country. Many children are being left in difficult situations in the middle of that. The...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: .... Many of the 56 people who have died were young men or young women. God rest them all. Departments need to work together on this issue. We need prison reform and concrete plans to tackle drug and alcohol abuse, especially among people who are leaving prison, homeless shelters, etc., as well as potentially those who are leaving hospital. In recent times, I have submitted freedom...

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Ireland at the moment is having an increasingly negative impact on mental health. Families are pressured by work and commuting. Children have to deal with social media and bullying. Alcoholism and drug addiction etc. also impact families. We can add to that the pressures that are now coming from Covid restrictions. An economic wasteland is developing among many sectors of society that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the body that will be carrying out the inquiry into the use of the epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will provide the terms of reference for that enquiry [39836/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...report from the DRHE to examine the specific cases. One man, for example, was found dead the day after he was released from prison. It refers to young women in their 20s dying from suicide and drug overdoses. The list goes on. There was an incredibly tragic situation where a man was discharged from hospital, walked around the corner and hanged himself from a railing. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 894. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in drug or alcohol abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic; if his Department has received representations from organisations, charities or NGOs expressing concern regarding drug and alcohol abuse during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26886/20]

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...this opportunity and treat it like the opportunity of a lifetime. His actions could radically alter the lives of hundreds and thousands of people in towns and villages throughout the country. Drugs are affecting nearly every walk of life. People's brothers, relations, work colleagues, etc., are all being affected by drugs and drugs are affecting every part of Ireland. Inner cities...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the country, are being terrorised by antisocial behaviour at the moment. The hot summer days have brought large groups of people, young and old, into public spaces for Covid parties, to drink and take drugs. These groups are damaging property, setting fires and physically threatening passersby. Many of them are holding Covid parties right up against other people's houses. When...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls made to the HSE drug and alcohol helpline between 1 February and 1 May 2020; the number made to the helpline between the same dates in 2018 and 2019, respectively; the number of the daily positive Covid-19 cases which are persons with hospital-acquired Covid-19; and the number of such persons that have lost their lives. [6038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (13 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug will be released to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4596/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmaceutical Sector (10 Dec 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: ...-pull inflation because workers are dealing with higher rents and they are forced to look for higher wages to be able to cover those rents. Pharmacists are anxious to engage with the Government to reduce wastage in drugs, especially with the new higher costs of drugs that are absorbing increasing amounts of the drugs debate in the State. This can be done in negotiations too.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath has seen a radical increase in crime and anti-social behaviour recently. Towns are being hammered with drug dealing and petrol bombs have been thrown at the courts. Attacks with hatchets have happened in broad daylight. Sexual assault is on the rise in County Meath. Restaurants are closing early because of anti-social behaviour. Currently, in rural areas, people are sleeping with...