Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 749: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which drugs which are seized by the national drugs unit at Dublin Castle are disposed of; and the period of time they are stored before being disposed of. [10900/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have been advised by the Garda Síochána that when seized drugs are no longer required as evidence in a court case or in the event of no prosecution being undertaken by the Director of Public Prosecutions, they are transported to a facility where they are incinerated under the direct supervision of the Garda technical bureau.

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 750: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date for renting accommodation for in-service training which formerly took place at the Garda college; the number of these in-service training sessions which have taken place to date in 2005; and the estimated number of in-service sessions due to take place in 2005 which will necessitate rental facilities based on past or actual projections. [10901/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that in-service training, which is now known as continuous professional development, formally transferred to the out-source centre at the Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh on Monday, 4 April 2005. As rental payments will be made monthly in arrears, no payment has been made to date. The continuous professional development and management and supervisory training courses scheduled to commence at the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, from 6 April are as follows. Continuous Professional Development:

Management and Supervisory Training: