Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. John O'Driscoll:

It is possible that the existence of a facility could be abused by people other than those for whom it is intended will receive the treatment involved or will benefit from the use of the facility. We do not know how this will pan out but in the event, for example, that people were to use it as a premises to sell drugs, there would have to be a police reaction to that. It is more to prevent others from not affording the facility the opportunity to operate as it should and providing the service to addicts that is intended. That is the aspect of policing the facilities that needs focus.

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