Written answers
Thursday, 29 June 2006
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Illicit Drugs Market
8:00 pm
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will estimate the value of the black market trade in methadone here. [25461/06]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Due to the clandestine nature of the drugs trade, it is not possible to accurately estimate the value of the illicit drug market in methadone in Ireland. However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the level of seizures of the drug remains low.
The following table shows details of methadone seizures made by An Garda Síochána for the years 2001 to 2005, inclusive:
Year | Quantity | Estimated Street Value |
€ | ||
2001 | 647 tablets 5,677 millilitres | 7,604 |
2002 | 252 tablets 6,966 millilitres | 3,913 |
2003 | 370 tablets 3,392 millilitres | 4,378 |
2004 | 26 tablets | 260 |
2005 | 1,758 millilitres | 351 |
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