Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Each division has a drugs unit and a drugs plan. Gardaí have all the necessary resources. At the end of the year there will be 14,000 gardaí and while Members claim they are not based in their areas, they must be somewhere as they are on the payroll. Given last week's figures, we may soon be accused of being over-policed or a police state. The Garda Síochána insists that gardaí are dealing with the problem and that each division has its own plan.

To respond to Deputy Sargent, we are spending a lot on prevention.

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