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:
Yes. We are introducing another opportunity for people to engage with health services instead of ending up going down the criminal justice route. People going to prison for short sentences is not rehabilitative and does them no good, so our focus is on doing anything we can to keep people out of prison for minor offences.