Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

I also join in the call for a debate on drugs. I congratulate the newly formed crime squad on the joint operations which have found more than €25 million worth of drugs in three shipments. It is only the tip of the iceberg and it is coming down the tracks extremely quickly. We must wake up. In the north of this city an extremely violent and well-organised non-national crime organisation brings in cocaine. We have seen nothing like what will happen if crack cocaine takes hold in this country. In the United States serious violence and deaths occurred in the early 1990s which only dissipated when drug users found a drug other than crack cocaine. I ask that the Minister come before this House to discuss this issue and I call for cross-party support for the Minister and the Garda in ensuring such a drug culture does not take hold.