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

Professor Catherine Comiskey:

Mr. Geoghan mentioned figures and I also have some data on that. Work was done in the UK which showed that for every £1 spent on treatment, £3 is saved further down the line. Research has been done on that question but how much more research do we do? While I agree that we need to do some more, there is a lot of research already done from which we can benefit.