Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion
Mr. Adrian Kane:
I can give three or four of the headline points from the survey because we have only finished compiling it in the last couple of days. Some 80% of people believe illegal drug use has got worse in the past 12 months. Of respondents, 75% witness illegal drug use several times a month or more frequently. Some 20% witness it on a daily basis and 50% witness drug dealing two to four times a month, or more frequently. Some 73% of respondents said they have felt threatened or unsafe due to drug use on the services. Three quarters of people of colour or from ethnic minority backgrounds have faced discrimination or harassment. Three quarters of that tends to be verbal abuse, with 32% of it being physical. Some 70% of those respondents said it was on a monthly or a more frequent basis, so the situation is pretty bad.
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