Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health
9:30 am
Mr. Ben Ryan:
Absolutely. It has been given consideration and, as a result of that, a network of asset profilers exists within An Garda Síochána around the State. People have been specifically trained by CAB to identify that kind of mid-tier range of drug dealers, to look at assets they have, and target them and go after them. As part of that, the threshold levels at which CAB can seize goods or cash has reduced to €5,000 and €1,000 to go after that kind of range. CAB has had a lot of success as a result of those reduced thresholds where they can go after people who do not yet have the mansion with the reinforced windows or whatever but are the mid-level people who have BMWs and-----