Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It was said on that side of the room. We are steering very far away from the idea that we failed. We needed to hold a citizens’ assembly on the matter and the drugs committee sat for many sessions, yet we cannot sit here and say we have failed people in addiction.

My next comment is not really aimed at the Minister of State, but more at the Department. When the citizens’ assembly’s recommendations were published, the Minister said that there would be a speedy response to them. However, it now sounds like the only response we are going to see is the new national drugs strategy, which will effectively be a rehash, refresh-----