Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I will. I believe that people who should get supports, do not. I imagine the drug treatment court quite often has to deal with people getting used by drug gangs. We need to do what we can to divert people from that. If there is an underlying addiction, we need to provide supports. I imagine the court has come across many people who are vulnerable, who have an addiction and who have been used and abused by drug gangs. I imagine a piece of its work is about helping them to get off that road. That takes a tool and a weapon away from these people who prey on communities.