Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In his reply, the Minister of State said that this is a priority, but what exactly does that mean? Is the issue prioritised with regard to resources? The Minister of State talked about significant success and the seizures that have occurred. All of this is very welcome but the reality is that it is not success for a community if it is still suffering every day of the week. That is what my community is saying to the Minister of State here tonight. It is saying that we are not being successful but are actually failing the young people we represent. We are seeing open drug dealing every day of the week. Those who are at the other end of the issue and who are trying to get support have to run a gauntlet of drug dealers. It is wrong and we need to do things differently.

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