Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Joint Committee On Health

Addiction Services: Discussion

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

I have about 20 more questions, but I will stick to two because I know other people want to come in. I return to the issue of drugs and intimidation. I know this from my own community in the centre of Dublin and from where I grew up in Limerick. One of the points in the opening statement about the local nature of the issue is very interesting. Sometimes we tend to think of it as very gang-driven but often the actors on the ground, while they may not be our immediate neighbours, they are local people and we may know their families know them and they would know the families. It is very hard to extricate oneself from that when intimidation is happening. I have two questions on that. I will stick to my two questions. I have another one about data that I would like to ask very quickly. Is there an issue with minors being engaged in that intimidation? Does that make it particularly difficult to police? Is it possible for peer support within those communities to deal with issues like that where minors are involved?

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