Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008: Statements.

 

Some of the areas to which I refer have been ravaged by the drugs problem. Whole generations have been lost and many families in large urban housing estates have been affected. We should put up notices in big, bold lettering in community centres that the moneys taken from the drugs barons, which they in turn earned on the backs of these communities, will be used to pay for new facilities. Until these communities see the difference that these moneys can make in terms of the provision of community facilities, we will be unable to ensure a more optimistic future for them. I ask the Minister of State to have discussions with his colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, on this issue.

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