Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 July 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that I want to ask Mr. Glynn a question and my time is scarce. I thank Dr. Ó Concubhair. That is really useful.

I have a particular interest in police culture and I hear what Mr. Glynn has said about trust and confidence in policing in the UK being at an all-time low and that ultimately, if we have a decriminalised model, it frees up police time. I am interested to hear Mr. Glynn's own views as to the culture within British policing at the moment in terms of the appetite or otherwise towards a decriminalised model. Does he think that would be a major adjustment, given that so much of what the police had been trained to believe was that they were part of the war on drugs? Does Mr. Glynn believe it would be a massive shift to move to a decriminalised model or is there appetite on the ground?

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