Hugh Byrne
Ceist:49 Mr. H. Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, further to her reply to Deputy Mr. Byrne in Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 23 June 1994, the reason she cannot substantiate the quantities of illegal drugs by type seized in County Wexford in the years 1993 and 1994; if any arrests were made in connection with quantities of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD seized in the county; the number of such instances in which files were sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions; the number of persons charged in respect of possession and/or distribution of such narcotics; the number of prosecutions that have been successful to date; in relation to the above named substances and any other illegal drug, by type, the proportion of seizures that took place entering or exiting the Port of Rosslare, County Wexford; if, in relation to each such narcotic, the Garda believe that there exists a distribution network to local users in the county; if not, if she will elaborate on her previous answer to Deputy Mr. Byrne in relation to each drug individually vis-á-vis its source and destination; the special measures, if any, she has taken to combat the drug problem in County Wexford; if she will give details of such arrangements as there are now and such improvements as have been in place and are planned in relation to the detection of drug smuggling at Rosslare Harbour; the numbers of sniffer dogs used at the port; the estimated proportion of foot and vehicle traffic throughout the port that is subjected to search and/or questioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter.