Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Eddie Mullins:

From looking at the international experience, we absolutely do. I do not take away from the fact that to open a medically supervised injection facility is a really positive development. It shows grown-up thinking from the policymakers but the next step after this pilot should certainly be to look at drug trends and mirror that. The drug trends suggest that we need consumption rooms at some point in the future to support people who are in addiction.