Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Drew Harris:
I set up the drug units in late 2019 and into 2020. We did not have divisional drug units before that. That was in part our effort to try to combat local, mid-range dealers and street dealing in local areas. I am not sure about the situation in respect of the drugs unit in Cavan, but it is for the chief to make his bid into HR. Ms McMahon to my right here makes the ultimate decision about the distribution of the students. Some 150 will graduate in January and a further 170 in March, so there are good numbers starting to come out, and those numbers do make a difference-----
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