Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

Gardaí have made significant drug seizures recently, including a large cache in Moate which I understand was destined for sale in my home county of Westmeath. These seizures bring a sharp focus on the real dangers that arise from drugs. The town and county joint policing committees are fora in which information can be passed to gardaí. The Garda, Judiciary or Oireachtas cannot individually break the problem of drugs without the co-operation of society. I ask the Leader and our spokesperson, Senator Ó Murchú, to arrange for a debate on drugs in the new year. The issue is worthy of a day long debate because if the drug problem was eliminated in the morning, we probably could close half the Garda stations in the country.