Tony Gregory
Question:244 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on recent seizures of crack cocaine in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/04]
View answerTuesday, 14 December 2004
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My Department has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The strategy aims to tackle the drug problem in the most comprehensive way ever undertaken in this country and contains 100 individual actions, under the four pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment and research, to be implemented by a range of Departments and agencies.
In this regard, issues regarding supply reduction are primarily the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, from whom I understand there has been just one seizure this year to date, which has, upon analysis, been confirmed as freebase, crack, cocaine. This seizure was made in March in the Rathgar area of the city. The amount of crack cocaine seized was just over two grams in weight. I have also been informed that there have been a small number of other seizures whose drug type has yet to be confirmed through analysis. The Government views this situation very seriously and continues to monitor it closely.
Question No. 245 answered with QuestionNo. 64.