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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/submissions/2018/2018-11-28_opening-statement-maureen-o-sullivan-t-d_en.pdf
28 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-28_dail-question-paper-wed_en.pdf
28 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-28_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
28 Nov 2018 -
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2018-11-28/3/
28 Nov 2018 -
Child abuse is also about trafficking, which is the third biggest illegal industry after arms and drugs...The former marine was eventually extradited from south-east Asia and is serving a very extensive prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-27_dail-question-paper-tues_en.pdf
27 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-27_dail-order-paper_en.pdf
27 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-27_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
27 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2018/2018-11-26_opening-statement-jim-breslin-secretary-general-department-of-health-32r001736-pac_en.pdf
26 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2018/2018-11-22_opening-statement-jim-breslin-secretary-general-department-of-health-32r001736-pac_en.pdf
22 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2018/2018-11-22_briefing-document-jim-breslin-secretary-general-department-of-health-32r001735-pac_en.pdf
22 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-22_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
22 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-22_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
22 Nov 2018 -
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018-11-22/5/
22 Nov 2018 -
Deputy Jonathan O'Brien When we identify risk groups and, obviously, intravenous drug users are a high-risk...I presume it is through drug addiction centres but very few intravenous drug users will get to the stage...where they are in addiction centres, and some will end up in prison.
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018-11-22/5/
22 Nov 2018 -
It is also estimated that over 70% of people with hepatitis C are or were intravenous drug users....each year, up from 350 in 2015 to an expected 1,800 in 2018, as the programme achieves better value in drug...This began on a pilot basis in 2017, with plans for additional sites, including prison and homeless services
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018-11-22/5/
22 Nov 2018 -
The community provision of services, particularly post release from prison where somebody may have gone...That kind of information is good information for drug users in particular.
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018-11-22/5/
22 Nov 2018 -
the opiate substitution therapy clinics, with one in Dún Laoghaire, one in Castle Street, one in the drug...The therapies are being prescribed and dispensed in the drug treatment centres....There are five community-based projects and one in the Prison Service - in Mountjoy, Wheatfield and another...prison....Limerick because it has many challenges, but we are trying to establish a treatment programme in the drug
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-21_dail-question-paper-wed_en.pdf
21 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-21_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
21 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-20_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
20 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-20_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
20 Nov 2018 -
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-20/7/
20 Nov 2018 -
very difficult to undertake normal policing work let alone to police, contain and manage an escalating drugs...in the eye of this storm at present and which I have proudly represented for the past 20 years, are prisoners
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-15_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
15 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-14_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
14 Nov 2018 -
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-11-14/17/
14 Nov 2018 -
They have drugs and alcohol problems. They are not going to school. They are in care and so on....It certainly is not fair to the many children who received extended prison sentences of up to five years
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-13_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
13 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-13_dail-question-paper-tues_en.pdf
13 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2018/2018-11-08_opening-statement-ciaran-breen-director-state-claims-agency-32r001701-pac_en.pdf
8 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-08_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
8 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-08_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
8 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-07_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
7 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-11-06_seanad-order-paper-tue_en.pdf
6 Nov 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-11-06_dail-order-paper-tue_en.pdf
6 Nov 2018 -
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Debate: Select Committee On Health
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_health/2018-11-06/2/
6 Nov 2018 -
Under section 5 it is also an offence to prescribe, administer, supply or procure any drugs, instruments...is life imprisonment for robbery but that does not mean that everybody who robs something ends up in prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-25_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
25 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-24_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
24 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-23_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
23 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-23_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
23 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-18_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
18 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/joint_committee_on_future_of_mental_health_care/reports/2018/2018-10-17_final-report-joint-committee-on-the-future-of-mental-health-care_en.pdf
17 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-17_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
17 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-17_dail-question-paper-wed_en.pdf
17 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-16_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
16 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-16_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
16 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-11_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
11 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-10_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
10 Oct 2018 -
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2018-10-10/5/
10 Oct 2018 -
It brings An Garda Síochána, the Probation Service, the Prison Service and other agencies together focusing...The majority of people who end up in prisons have suffered trauma in childhood and we have never been...of those outreach programmes in Dublin city at the moment between An Garda Síochána, the Ana Liffey Drug...people who are not being provided with the full intervention spectrum to address their issues because drugs
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-10/18/
10 Oct 2018 -
pensions and welfare payments; and reducing the cost of public services, such as childcare, GP visits, drug...million in projects such as the forensic science laboratory, Garda ICT, Garda vehicles and Limerick Prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-09_dail-question-paper-tues_en.pdf
9 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-09_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
9 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-10-09_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
9 Oct 2018 -
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-10-09/160/#pq_160
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 -
asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the use of crack cocaine among the prison...population; the number of persons who have access to detox beds in the medical units of each prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-04_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
4 Oct 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-10-03_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
3 Oct 2018 -
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 -
I have done work recently relating to drug debt....They do not want to end up in a court case and even prison does not solve the problem if the offender...ends up there as a problem may still continue from within a prison.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_and_equality/2018-10-03/3/
3 Oct 2018 -
What is the role of alcohol harm and drugs, including for people who are dependent on drugs and those...This young lad started to get into drugs of some kind....I have worked in the prison services and seen women in particular who have entered prison because of...crime related to drugs or alcohol - probably more alcohol than drugs....about themselves, even though they have acted out in ways that have resulted in their ending up in prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/submissions/2018/2018-09-28_correspondence-fergal-costello-department-of-rural-and-community-development-32r001502-pac_en.pdf
28 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-09-27_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
27 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-09-27_seanad-order-paper_en.pdf
27 Sep 2018 -
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-09-27/43/
27 Sep 2018 -
Minimum sentences are also in place for a number of serious offences such as crimes involving drugs or...are effectively managed through the Probation Service and the Garda Síochána on their release from prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-09-26_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
26 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-09-25_seanad-order-paper-tue_en.pdf
25 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-09-25_dail-order-paper-tue_en.pdf
25 Sep 2018 -
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-09-25/14/
25 Sep 2018 -
the incentive for the commission of acts of serious and organised crime such as human trafficking, drug...Failure to do so will be an offence punishable by an unlimited fine and up to five years in prison.
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-09-25/415/#pq_415
Tue, 25 Sep 2018 -
These will allow Gardaí to conduct preliminary oral fluid tests for drugs and evidential blood tests...for drugs where people have been arrested under section 11(6)....undergo and impairment test is liable to a fine up to a maximum of €5,000 and/or up to six months in prison
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-09-20_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
20 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-09-20_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
20 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-09-19_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
19 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-09-18_dail-question-paper-tue_en.pdf
18 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-09-18_dail-order-paper-tue_en.pdf
18 Sep 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2018/2018-08-21_bill-digest-criminal-law-sexual-offences-amendment-bill-2018_en.pdf
21 Aug 2018 -
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-07-24/1209/#pq_1209
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 -
Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals in prison
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-07-24/753/#pq_753
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 -
2013 Sue Corbett & Jacinta Kitt €10,500 N/A Dignity at work in the Irish Prison Service...2014 RITS Bianconi Research Ltd €29,410 N/A Review of Irish Prison Service ICT Security...Service in terms of meaningful engagement by prisoners e.g. incentivised regimes, sentence management...Patterson €9,471 Fixed fee Arising from the Strategic Review of Penal Policy 2014, a review of drug...by the Irish Prison Service and Probation Service. 2016 Mazars €27,373 N/A Report on
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-17_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
17 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-12_dail-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
12 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-12_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
12 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-11_dail-question-paper-wed_en.pdf
11 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-11_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
11 Jul 2018 -
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Debate: Joint Committee On Transport, Tourism And Sport
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_transport_tourism_and_sport/2018-07-11/5/
11 Jul 2018 -
intention of the law is that gardaí will have the option of conducting a preliminary oral fluid test for drugs...The penalty is a fine of up to €5,000 and-or up to six months in prison.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-07-11/35/
11 Jul 2018 -
Our amendment, therefore, called for "drugs, medicines, and medical and surgical appliances" to be provided...As stated by Lynn McDonald in a "Prime Time" documentary in March, these parents are virtual prisoners
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-07-11/246/#pq_246
Wed, 11 Jul 2018 -
Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on temporary...release by prison; the type of offence those prisoners were convicted of in tabular form; and if he
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-10_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
10 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-10_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
10 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-10_dail-question-paper-tues_en.pdf
10 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-05_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
5 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-05_dal-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
5 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-04_seanad-order-paper-wed_en.pdf
4 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-03_dail-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
3 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-07-03_dail-question-paper-tues_en.pdf
3 Jul 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-07-03_seanad-order-paper-tues_en.pdf
3 Jul 2018 -
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-07-03/220/#pq_220
Tue, 3 Jul 2018 -
Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the percentage of the prison...population serving sentences for drugs-related offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-07-03/253/#pq_253
Tue, 3 Jul 2018 -
the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for possession of a mobile device by prisoners...in the Midlands Prison in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/32/committee_of_public_accounts/other/2018/2018-06-28_correspondence-kevin-mccarthy-secretary-general-department-of-rural-and-community-affairs-32r001422-pac_en.pdf
28 Jun 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/questionsPaper/dail/2018/2018-06-28_dal-question-paper-thurs_en.pdf
28 Jun 2018 -
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https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/orderPaper/seanad/2018/2018-06-28_seanad-order-paper-thurs_en.pdf
28 Jun 2018 -
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/27/
28 Jun 2018 -
I was disappointed that the Minister of State did not mention prison as an issue because one of the biggest...problems is addiction and mental health issues in prisons....We need a specific focus in the national drugs strategy on the prison population, the majority of whom...have had serious problems with addiction which is only reinforced in our prison system, where they are...challenge to curb Ireland's drug crisis.
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018-06-28/2/
28 Jun 2018 -
I do not think this is happening to every other prison officer who gets leave from local line management...There are issues relating to the process by which the Prison Service deals with protected disclosures...on the information and conversations I have had with him and others, would feel comfortable in the Prison...There is a situation in Irish prisons where prison guards who do their job of finding drugs, mobile phones...etc. feel that they get penalised because it looks bad for a prison for things to be found, the governor
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/27/
28 Jun 2018 -
Services in many of the prisons are simply not working....The number of prisoners addicted to drugs who are not being provided with the services they need will...have to deal with prisoners in this situation but the backup services are not available....into more trouble than those who are bringing them in or carrying them within the prisons....The whole issue of drugs in prisons, how those who work in the Prison Service are being treated and the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/34/
28 Jun 2018 -
to Irish prisons remains very high, with a dramatic increase in the population of women in prison and...being sent to prison....system, was found to be inappropriate to prison environments....Strategies must be adopted to reduce the overall prison population....As for drug offences, there is a lack of utilisation of the existing legislation whereby instead of imposing
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/34/
28 Jun 2018 -
With regard to females in prison, the planned redevelopment of a new female prison in Limerick will provide...The capacity of Limerick female prison is 28....I will mention healthcare for prisoners....Homelessness, drug addiction and recidivism are issues being considered by an interagency group chaired...The Probation Service works closely with the Irish Prison Service to ensure prisoners leaving custody
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-28/34/
28 Jun 2018 -
Paragraph 23 of the report notes that, in the context of drugs offences, there should be more extensive...circumstances, facilitate their social rehabilitation or reduce their likelihood of committing further drugs...We should not put people in prison for failure to pay fines....If it was anyone close to us had a serious drug problem, it would not be satisfactory for him or her...to just be put on methadone or left to cope with another drug.