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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...in a particular location for maybe good, benign or innocent reasons or not so innocent reasons. There is that kind of collective effort where people will alert people. Likewise, in the context of drugs and so on, there is obviously Interpol and forces that combine. I was in Colombia recently. We have a superintendent in Colombia attached to our embassy who works with the Colombian...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ...when we talked about this in the select committee at the time. Has there been any movement on that? Some of the paramedics and advanced paramedics were not privileged to handle certain controlled drugs. Even though they had that right in their civilian jobs, when they joined the Civil Defence, it was not possible. There was an issue ongoing between the local authorities, trade unions...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...and being very struck by their backgrounds, their life journeys and where they are now in life. They are making very significant contributions to society. One of them is working in the area of drug addiction and acting as a counsellor working with the HSE to support people in difficulty, as well as others. I am sure the military would be equally responsive to this type of approach too....