24 Jun 2026
The Joint Committee on Drugs Use was established to consider the recommendations in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use and make a reasoned response to each recommendation.
Press releases
24 Jun 2026, 07:00
Joint Committee on Drugs Use publishes Final Report – TDs and Senators recommend decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use
29 Apr 2026, 14:35
Committee on Drugs Use to discuss legislation, policy and practice with academic experts
20 Apr 2026, 18:34
Joint Committee on Drugs Use to discuss Pan-American approaches to legislation, policy and practice
Videos
Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Committee on Drugs Use
Topic: Launch of the Joint Committee on Drugs Use Report
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Committee on Drugs Use
Topics: Correspondence, Schedule of upcoming meetings and Engagement with Academic Experts on Legislation, Policy and Practice I...
Tue, 21 Apr 2026
Committee on Drugs Use
Topic: Engagement on Americas’ Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice
Opening statements and submissions
Thu, 30 Apr
Opening statement, Professor Alex Stevens, Professor of Criminology, School of Law, University of Sheffield
Thu, 30 Apr
Opening statement, Professor Julia Buxton, Professor of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
Thu, 30 Apr
Opening statement, Dr. Bisi Akintoye, Solicitor Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Roehampton, London
Committee contact details
Committee on Drugs Use
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
D02 XR20
+353 (0) 1 618 4413