An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-21
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

I agree with the need to continue to support and grow Garda numbers and the need to invest more in rehab services. We are doing both, but there is also a third piece. We need to call out the fact that it has become socially acceptable in far too many communities and social groups to snort a line of coke while having a drink at the weekend. The people doing that, who do not have an addiction, are helping to fund and fuel misery in other people’s communities. It should not be acceptable.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-21