Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Violet-Anne WynneViolet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for letting me in. I thank all the witnesses. I missed a large part of their contributions but an intern was listening and she filled me in. Anyway, I will cut a long story short and get to my questions. What I have heard has been hugely interesting, especially the points that were made about menopause, which is something I had not factored in or come across. That is mind-blowing. The statistics Dr. Healy provided show that 80% to 90% of participants may have come from trauma. I thought the figure would be much higher than that. I wonder about generational trauma and the impact that is having, which Dr. Healy alluded to already. The children of those parents are obviously being impacted and experiencing some level of trauma from growing up in that kind of environment. Do we have any statistics relating to generational trauma and the impact that is having? Is that included in the trauma statistics or is there a gap there?

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