Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

Is the Minister of State not worried by the statement that the most prevalent access to the drug is through family members? If he says that health considerations are the most common reason for people giving up cocaine usage, is it not amazing that the most prevalent way of it moving on is through family members? Some 25% of people now know — as compared to 2003 when only 14% knew — of people who take cocaine. It has become a dominant factor in society because families are moving it along. Again, I ask what is being done in regard to that aspect.

The National Road Safety Authority has signage and other advertising, etc., but we do not seem to be doing that or following the NRSA's example in terms of reducing deaths on roads.

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