Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Barry McBrien:
I will go back to the Leas-Chathaoirleach's last point regarding the Prison Service. When an inmate goes into withdrawal, ultimately, they will end up back in the emergency department. It is another complication. Financially, inmates going to an emergency uses more resources, etc. That delay is causing another presentation to an overstretched emergency department, the difficulties of which we read about in our newspapers every day.