Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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Garda representatives at these hearings have said that they have never supported it and that the policing issues involved would be challenging. It would mean much more if Garda representatives and people in positions like Mr. Harris’s said that a facility such as this would help them police open injecting in the city centre. Mr. Harris’s words carry much weight, so not to be fulsome in his support of the injecting facility drags down the entire agenda of changing drugs policy and being more humane.