Written answers

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Drug Seizures

9:00 pm

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of heroin seized in Mayo for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9154/08]

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of cocaine seized in Mayo for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9155/08]

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of cannabis seized in Mayo for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/08]

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of ecstasy seized in Mayo for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 to 514, inclusive, together.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provided by the Forensic Science Laboratory shows the quantities of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy seized for the years 2002 to 2007 within Mayo Garda Division:

Drug200720062005200420032002
Heroin3.8 grms0.2 grms
Cocaine20 grms42 grms1.8 grms12 grms0.07 grms1.8 grms
Cannabis469 grms3.5 grms12 grms1.5 grms13 grms80 grms
Cannabis Resin1,505 grms1,674 grms929 grms868 grms684 grms1,106 grms
Ecstasy3,969 tablets404 tablets941 tablets650 tablets616 tablets878 tablets

The statistics provided for 2007 are operational, provisional and may change. The enforcement of the law relating to drugs continues to be a key element in the Government's policing priorities and this is reflected in the Garda Síochána's Policing Plan for 2008.

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