Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Submissions on Drugs Review: Discussion

2:00 pm

Ms Anna Quigley:

In respect of what to do next, the timing is really good in a way in that the consultation around the next national drugs strategy is starting. It will run through 2016. What would be really useful in respect of the terms of reference would be an oversight committee for developing it and putting the issue of decriminalisation on the agenda. The terms of reference for these kind of committees and processes can sometimes be quite conservative and based on the way we have done it before, so it would be really useful if the issue of decriminalisation was put on the agenda as part of the development of the new strategy with all the other issues we have talked about here.