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Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take in respect of the significant rise in controlled drug offences in the most recent crime figures from the Central Statistics Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7751/09]

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has referred to measuring the success or failure of Government policy to deal with drugs. I suggest the policy, involving not only his Department but also the Department of Education and Science, the Department of Health and Children and the national drugs strategy has been a total failure. In the past four years there has been an increase in the number of drug offences...

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: What is recorded is the tip of the iceberg.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: There are less man hours, the Minister can forget about that.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: It is a justified charge. The Minister is preventing them from entering Templemore now. He was there recently.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: It is the same with seizures, which are up 10%.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: No, the seizures amount to 10%.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: They are justified charges.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: What action is the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform taking to deal with the increasing number of drug-related deaths? Will the Minister join me in expressing shock at the attempt by a 13 year old boy to sell illegal drugs to a member of the Garda Síochána? There is a serious problem and very little being done to solve it.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister is withdrawing gardaí.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: What is the Minister doing?

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Is it getting better?

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister lives in the same world as the Tánaiste.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Are those the national or international figures?

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Are those the figures for here? That is not true.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: We are talking about Ireland.

Drug Seizures. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Worldwide figures have no bearing on what happens along the 4,000 km of unguarded coastline here.

Sentencing Policy. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the absence of guidelines for sentencing, the absence of a judicial council, the failure of the courts to fully implement mandatory sentencing as laid down in law by the Houses of the Oireachtas, and the inconsistent approach of the courts to sentencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/09]

Sentencing Policy. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Will the Minister outline his views on the judicial council? I do not believe the Government is serious about it. It is ten years since an all-party committee of the House recommended its establishment. It is nine years since the former Chief Justice, Ronan Keane, made a similar recommendation. Recommendations since have come from within and outside the House, the Director of Public...

Sentencing Policy. (25 Feb 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister has said all that against the background of what has happened in the five years that have elapsed since the draft Bill was published. Surely he cannot describe this as a "high priority". If it is, it says something about the manner in which he orders his priorities. What does he intend to do about the bail regime? Will the bail laws be reviewed? Many serious criminals commit...