Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Criminal Justice Act 2007, one of the last items of legislation introduced by the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who brought us Thornton Hall, included a measure to provide for a register of convicted drug offenders. Last week saw the conviction of several men for the importation into the State of drugs worth €500 million. The judge in this case referred the convicted persons to the Garda to be included on this register. However, three years after the legislation was introduced, there is no such register. My constituency of Dublin Central is home to a significant number of drug barons who flit around the country and flit between Ireland and Spain or The Netherlands-----

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