Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ms Maeve Foley:
As Ms Brennan and the Senator alluded to, when somebody cannot move on from that drug, it might not be the right time for him or her, or that person might not be at the stage where he or she is able to. We have to look at other aspects of what we can work with that person on at that time, maybe through our education programme. If that individual cannot go beyond, say, the bronze phase, and is returned to the other court he or she came from, a probation report is submitted to that returning court to show the progress that was made outside of just the addiction. That would be a positive reflection on his or her journey in the short term.