Meetings
Citizens' Assembly on
Drugs Use
The fourth meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use
(2-3 September) [Agenda]
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Saturday 2 September 2023 at the Grand Hotel, Malahide
9:00 – 9:05 – Opening remarks
Paul Reid, Chairperson of the Citizens’ Assembly
09:05 – 09:15 – Overview of Submissions to Public Consultation process
Cathal O’Regan, Secretary [presentation]
09:15 – 10:55 Session 1 – Supply-side issues (livestreamed)
09:15 – 09:25 – An international perspective
Michael O’Sullivan, former Executive Director of MAOC-N (Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre, Narcotics)
[presentation]
09:25 – 09:33 – An EU perspective
Andrew Cunningham, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
09:33 – 09:41 – A national perspective
Seamus Boland, Detective Chief Superintendent, Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau
[presentation]
09:41 – 09:49 – A perspective on youth issues and responses
Dr. Sean Redmond, Adjunct Professor in Youth Justice, School of Law, University of Limerick
[presentation]
09:49 – 09:57 – A perspective on community issues and responses
Siobhan Maher, DRIVE Coordinator [presentation]
09:57 – 10:07 – Roundtable identification of questions (off camera)
10:07 – 10:35 – Q&A
10:35 – 10:55 – Roundtable discussion (off camera)
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11:10 – 12:45 Session 2 – Courts (livestreamed)
11:10 – 11:20 – Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
Judge Ann Ryan, retired District Court judge
[speech]
11:20 – 11:30 – Case Study: The Drugs Treatment Court.
Maeve Foley, Courts Service and Fiona Carolan, City of Dublin Education and Training Board [presentation]
11:30 – 11:40 – Lived Experience perspectives.
Paula Kearney and Anthony Lee
[presentation]
11:40 – 11:50 – Roundtable identification of questions (off camera)
11:50 – 12:20 – Q&A
12:20 – 12:45 – Roundtable discussion (off camera)
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13:45 – 15:25 Session 3 – Prisons (livestreamed)
13:45 – 13:52 – Caron McCaffrey
Director General, Irish Prison Service
13:52 – 13:59 – Fergal Black
Director of Care and Rehabilitation, Irish Prison Service
13:59 – 14:16 – Sheila Connolly CEO, Cork Alliance Centre
Brian O’Sullivan and Keith Purcell, Lived Experience
[presentation]
14:16 – 14:21 – Gary O’Heaire, Lived Experience perspective
14:21 – 14:28 – Ashling Golden
Solas and Compass Prison Programme [presentation]
14:28 – 14:35 – Roundtable identification of questions (off camera)
14:35 – 15:05 Q&A
15:05 – 15:25 – Roundtable discussions (off camera)
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15:40 – 17:10 Session 4 – Pathways and options (livestreamed)
15:40 – 15:50 – Justin Kelly, Assistant Commissioner, An Garda SÃochána [presentation]
15:50 – 16:00 – Mark Wilson, Director, the Probation Service [presentation]
16:00 – 16:10 – Tony Duffin, Chair of National Drugs Strategy Strategic Implementation Group on Alternatives to Coercive Sanctions [presentation]
16:10 – 16:20 -Roundtable identification of questions (off camera)
16:20 – 16:50 – Q&A
16:50 – 17:10- Roundtable discussions (off camera)
17:10 – 17:30 Reflections from Groups and Chair’s closing remarks (livestreamed)
Lived Experience Group
Policy Observer Group
17:25 – 17:30 Chair’s closing comments
Sunday 03 September 2023 at the Grand Hotel, Malahide
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09:00 – 10:00 Session 5 – Stakeholder Perspectives (livestreamed)
Youth Workers Against Prohibition [presentation]
College of Psychiatrists of Ireland [presentation]
Crainn [presentation]
Cannabis Risk Alliance [presentation]
10:00 – 10:45 Session 6 – Exploring Legal Frameworks (livestreamed)
10:00 – 10:10 – Brendan Hughes, EMCDDA [presentation]
10:10 – 10:17 – Prof. Yvonne Daly, DCU [presentation]
10:17 – 10:24 – Prof. Deirdre Healy, UCD [presentation]
10:24 – 10:31 – Prof. Tom O’Malley, Galway University
10:31 – 10:38 – Prof. Andrew Percy, QUB [presentation]
10:38 – 10:45 – Dr. James Windle, UCC [presentation]
