Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

We did have a presentation on that. Crainn presented a similar model. There was also a presentation on other countries' models by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, EMCDDA. Assembly members are here with me, and as the chair of the assembly I believe the outcome was extremely tight but it is reflective of the debate happening in society at the minute. Thankfully, as chair I did not have to cast my vote on the day because it was extremely tight.