Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Justin Kelly:
An Garda Síochána has gone through a lot of change in all areas, particularly in the past five or six years. We are well used to change and pivoting to different legislation, oversight bodies or whatever. People are interested in stop and search as well. That is another area on which change will come in and when those changes come, we have to prepare the whole organisation for it. We often have training that goes with changes. If there is change, not only in drugs legislation but any legislation, we have to train. The most important part is how it practically works on the ground, so that everyone has a good understanding of what they are supposed to be doing or not doing. I hope that answers the Deputy's question.