Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Drew Harris:

The injecting facility is a part of public policy on how to deal with the problem of drugs in society. We are wholeheartedly behind all of that policy. If it includes injecting centres, of course we are behind it, but it is also right for us to say that there are down sides. We will have to manage the environs of that area. We will undoubtedly get complaints about the area. People who have provided evidence have been stating what is probably going to be a policing issue for us. That said, we wish to see people facilitated in trying to get away from the detrimental health impacts of addiction. If that is through an injecting centre where they can access medical supervision and, indeed, medical assistance, that is very positive.

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