Garda vow to help injecting centre

Garda bosses have told legislators that the organisation will do “all it can” to help the pilot supervised injecting centre to succeed.

Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll told the Oireachtas Health Committee that the “less ambiguity” in the legislation the better in order to limit issues in policing the facilities.

He accepted public injecting was “unhygienic and poses a significant health risk for the drug users” and resulted in discarded needles, presenting a public health risk to others.