Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That answers my second question as well because I was wondering about the criteria. I worked in addiction services. I used to work in ones out in Clondalkin and at that time, people there were not able to go to the drug treatment courts because of the criteria. Ms Brennan said 699 individuals have gone through the drug treatment courts since 2001. To me that is 30 individuals per year on average. Has that gone up or remained at that average? Is there anything that could be changed in the criteria to allow more people to access the drug treatment court?

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