Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

It is a gateway drug to crack cocaine. I agree with Senator Norris about the many social problems which crack cocaine has caused, as we have seen in the United States and elsewhere. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform should be invited to the House to outline what resources he needs and what he intends to do to ensure that crack cocaine does not take hold in our cities and towns. If it does, whatever has been achieved in the Celtic tiger economy will be undermined.