Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Drug Seizures
11:00 pm
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare for the years 2005, 2006 and to 30 November 2007; the type of drugs seized; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34979/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following tables show the number of drug cases reported for the years 2005, 2006 and up to 30 November 2007 from the Clare Garda Division, as provided by the Forensic Science Laboratory:
| Drug | No. of Cases Drug was detected | Cases Reported | |
| 2007 | 172 | ||
| Amphetamine | 8 | ||
| Bromazepam | 1 | ||
| Cannabis | 55 | ||
| Cannabis Plants | 6 | ||
| Cannabis Resin | 73 | ||
| Clonazepam | 1 | ||
| Cocaine | 24 | ||
| Diamorphine | 8 | ||
| Ethanol | 1 | ||
| Lignocaine | 2 | ||
| MDMA | 17 | ||
| 2006 | 248 | ||
| Amphetamine | 15 | ||
| Cannabis | 35 | ||
| Cannabis Plants | 2 | ||
| Cannabis Resin | 151 | ||
| Cocaine | 36 | ||
| Diamorphine | 11 | ||
| Diazepam | 1 | ||
| Khat | 1 | ||
| Lignocaine | 1 | ||
| MDMA | 22 | ||
| Sildenafil | 3 | ||
| Zopicione | 1 | ||
| 2005 | 126 | ||
| Alprazolam | 2 | ||
| Amphetamine | 4 | ||
| Bromazepam | 1 | ||
| Cannabis | 15 | ||
| Cannabis Resin | 89 | ||
| Cocaine | 14 | ||
| Diamorphine | 2 | ||
| Diazepam | 2 | ||
| Ethanol | 2 | ||
| Flunitrazepam | 2 | ||
| MDMA | 9 | ||
| Methylamphetamine | 2 |
It should be noted that more than one drug type can be associated with an individual case reported.
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