Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Mary FitzpatrickMary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)
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It is a legal obligation on the individual. How does that work in practice? When the member of the police force comes into contact with the individual, is the latter referred there and then electronically? Is the individual referred to a court similar to the drugs court that has been in pilot for 20 years, in which case the court would issue a direction?