Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the appearance of Paul Reid before the first meeting of the new Oireachtas committee which will examine and respond to the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use. We await the outcome of that with huge interest and the Government will be prepared to make decisions arising from that. Drugs are an absolute scourge and we need to have a serious debate as a society about the prevalence of drugs and why people start taking illegal drugs in the first place. It is just so visible now in all parts of our country, particularly in our cities. It is entirely unacceptable and we need to have a very serious conversation about why people start to take illegal drugs in the first place.

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