Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 July 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Legal Highs: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Packie Kelly:

Yes. That is the purchase price, while the street price ranges anywhere from €15 to €20. I think I have touched on the point regarding the legal stuff.

To respond to the Senator's point, our age profile is in the range between 14 and 43 or 44 year olds. The socio-economic profile is such that most of the users have a range of socio-economic difficulties such as no formal qualifications, an unemployment history and addictions to other issues. In respect of the youth work, which is an important point the Senator also raised, the only people within the area who are carrying out any youth work are attached to the family resource centre because of the cutbacks to other youth organisations. Within Teach na Daoine's area, it is the only organisation which is doing this. There is the Garda youth diversion project but again, as members will be aware, one may already have committed an offence or have been on the verge of committing an offence before one gets access to that. Perhaps, if it is all right with the Co-Chairmen, to fill up some of the gaps, I will ask Mr. Tim Murphy to respond to some of the questions asked.

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