Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is what I thought but I appreciate Mr. O'Neill's confirmation. A challenge occurs for the Garda when dealing with this issue. I appreciate that we are dealing with only one of the recommendations and that there are very many more, all of which are equally important, if not more. However, this is an issue that we will have to grapple with, so I want to tease it out. The problem for the Garda, as I see it, is that it is not effectively policing all illegal drugs. I would be interested in knowing what the witnesses took from the Garda's contribution. We all accept the Garda cannot police even the most socially acceptable drug, alcohol. Society polices it a little because it is not socially acceptable to abuse it in some spaces. Even that is borderline, however, and we need to accept how out of control things have got. The issue becomes one of how in God's name, if a substance were in any way legalised, the Garda would operate. Did it give any insight? Do the witnesses have any insight from other jurisdictions on how it would operate?