Ms Céire Moynihan:

It was an absolute privilege for all 99 members selected. A lot of us did not know much about drugs before we attended. We can tell the Deputy that we came with an open mind. We considered the lived experience in particular, the community effect, the effect on families and the behavioural effect. Recreational drug use is fuelling the issue in this country. People are not understanding that message. If they are going out on a Saturday night and reaching for a pill or a bag of cocaine, we need to get the message out that they need to think of that seven-year-old in a marginalised society with no parental support. As Deputy Ward indicated, they are in a cycle in the area, and it is extremely difficult for them to pull themselves out of it. I would like this assembly to focus on prevention and what we can do in that regard. We can then inform people that, when they go out, the choices they make mean they are part of the problem. We are all part of the problem, but we are all part of the solution. That is the message I would like to get out there.