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supports and coordinated Garda and community interventions; — introduce dedicated community safety investment programmes in areas experiencing persistent drug dealing and intimidation, including additional community Gardaí, improved public spaces, youth facilities, sporting amenities and community-based services; — provide immediate and practical protection for families targeted by drug gangs, including … social exclusion and to expand access to education, employment, healthcare, housing, sport, recreation and community development opportunities. Tá daoine feargach. Tá daoine scanraithe. Caithfidh na gardaí dul i ngleic go dian leis na dronganna drugaí. Drug debt intimidation is destroying lives. It is leaving individuals and families living

happens not far from where we are sitting and standing. It happens everywhere. That is how prevalent drug use is in this country. It is in every community and sporting organisation. It is everywhere. I do not believe that we realise, or are acting to, the scale … take cocaine and other serious drugs. It is simply not okay. However, for some reason, among our middle classes, in particular, it seems to be okay. The Government should lead on the issue. We should ask the powerful large-scale sporting, cultural, industry and agriculture organisations

fiscal element involved or whether they need to be banned. A constituent of mine who played sport at a high level was in hospital for a month with a drug-induced psychosis having bought this stuff legally over the counter. While cigarettes are very dangerous, we have

Garda drug units and a comprehensive community policing service. Community gardaí are absolutely invaluable in building up relationships with communities and with individuals within communities. Crucially, they build up a relationship, trust and friendship with young people. They become involved with local activities, youth clubs, sports clubs … gardaí. The community Garda service must be re-established and staffed up to at least the 2010 levels. The small number of Garda drug units and gardaí attached to these units would appear to suggest that the Government is not really taking the whole drug threat seriously. Garda

schools, sporting clubs, youth services and communities. People should have access to counselling, appropriate assessment and continuing support without having to prove that they have reached breaking point. We must also respond to mental health and addiction together. For some people, alcohol and drugs become

learning from incidents, and it is good to see that reflected in the shape of this legislation. The provisions relating to alcohol and drug testing, particularly for safety-critical rail staff, are safe, sensible and proportionate. Passengers and workers alike are entitled to expect the highest safety standards … place. There is a proposal to extend the support an green line from Broombridge through the Dunsink lands to the sports campus and then on into Tyrrelstown and Kilmartin Grove. This part of Dublin is another huge growth area. Thousands of additional houses have been added