Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 September 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. David Joyce:

Yes. We are closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Unfortunately, that is where we are at. We are making strong efforts to try to improve that. I am engaging with the Department of Health to try to improve our access to real-time testing so we have forewarning. To be prewarned is to be prepared. We want to get forewarning of what is present in our prisons.