Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Effects of Gangland Crime: Discussion

2:30 pm

Photo of Seán KennySeán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The situation Ms Metcalfe has described in the north inner city is replicated in the suburbs to the north and west of the city, although perhaps not to the same degree, but there are pockets which have similar drug problems. I was interested in Dr. Connolly's comparison of the drugs problem to a market where the price went up or down depending on how much money people had and his reference to the unintended consequences of drug enforcement, including violence. Will he identify the violence that occurs when all of these factors are at play?

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