Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We will definitely come to the issue of debt and drug-related intimidation. I am trying to get a sense from both groups how much of their interaction with people is based on the extent to which they are in contact with the Garda. Someone said to me recently, when talking about addiction and addiction services, that one of the issues around diversion programmes is that often the point when one interacts with the Garda is when one gets diverted to services. I am interested in that aspect. Is the Garda Síochána actively putting people in contact with services and in that way acting as a conduit to access services, both for families and for the users themselves?