Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 provides, in effect, for a Drug Offenders Register.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that, since the provisions of the Act have come into force, a national Register has been maintained by the Garda National Drugs Unit at Dublin Castle.

In relation to the various detailed provisions which Part 9 contains, I am advised that the Garda authorities have been liaising with other State agencies addressing the technical and legal aspects which arise in the implementation of those provisions.

Following this, the Garda Commissioner expects in the coming weeks to be in a position to issue a comprehensive circular to the Force which will contain detailed operational arrangements in relation to all of those provisions. This, in turn, will underpin the maintenance of the Register at the National Drugs Unit.