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:
As the Deputy can imagine, it tiers down but where the rubber meets the road - the important part - the guys and girls who work in this area meet every single week. Practically every day of the week, we have people travelling to Europol, people coming to us from Europol or people who work for Mr. Boland going to various member states for operational action, intelligence, etc. We are in a new building called Walter Scott House. Practically every day of the week, we have people coming from North America or Europe. We had a delegation of Colombian generals with us only two weeks ago. Our colleagues in the US Drugs Enforcement Administration, DEA, are really important for us, as are those in the US Department of Homeland Security. Our closest neighbours are the PSNI and the National Crime Agency in the UK. To answer the Deputy's question, it is daily.