P. 63 Drug Use Fianna Fáil is committed to the idea that drug addiction should be dealt with in a humane and compassionate manner, as a public health issue. Over €160m has been allocated to improve access to and delivery of drug services in the community. We have now published an interactive map of 442 publicly funded services across Ireland and are auditing current services to inform future planning.

If returned to Government, Fianna Fáil will:

• Continue to develop our health-led response to drug addiction.
• Decriminalise drug possession for personal use.
• Prepare and publish a formal national position on cannabis regulation following engagement with other countries and health professionals.
• Introduce legislation to require those found in possession of illegal drugs for personal use to attend educational or treatment programmes. including the British-Irish Council, the European Union, the new Drugs Agency, and the Council of Europe to ensure strategic alignment of policies on drug use.
• Continue to work closely with international bodies on drugs policy,
• Implement a new Urban Communities Initiative focused on city centres and the areas of highest disadvantage, which would bring together all state agencies to implement community development planning, schemes for disadvantaged youth and expanded education programmes

P.114 Tackling drug supply Fianna Fáil recognises the need for a differentiated response to treating drug addiction on the one hand, and tacking drug supply on the other. Whilst we are committed to treating drug addiction in a humane and compassionate manner, as a public health issue (and have detailed relevant measures in the health chapter of this manifesto) the illegal importation and supply of drugs is a criminal justice issue and must be dealt with as such. We have invested record amounts into An Garda Síochána to target those involved in the sale and supply of illegal drugs - up to €400m worth of drugs has been seized since 2020. We introduced legislation criminalising the grooming of children into a life of crime – a move we took to target those gangs using children as “runners” for drug dealers.

If returned to Government, Fianna Fáil will:

• Intensify our partnership with Interpol, Europol, and other international agencies to detect the illicit trafficking of drugs before they enter the Irish market.
• Expand the Remit of the Special Criminal Court to ensure that organised crime groups engaged in drug trafficking are prosecuted in the Special Criminal Court.
• Introduce specific legislation requiring social media companies and online communication platforms to provide An Garda Síochána with any information they have on their platforms relating to the supply of illegal drugs. 
• Legislate for new criminal offences relating to items used in drug trafficking and serious crime, including 3D printer firearms templates and tablet presses, electronic devices, and vehicle concealments.
• Fund innovative law enforcement technologies including unmanned drones to patrol our coast and detect the trafficking of illegal drugs.
• Increase Garda monitoring of logistics hubs and digital channels that are being exploited for medium and small-volume drug distribution.
• Strengthen the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau to target the proceeds of crime. We will amend existing law to ensure that once a Court determines property is the proceeds of crime, immediate action will be taken to remove the criminals and to secure it.
• Increase sentences for those involved in the supply of drugs. The punishment imposed must reflect the destruction and devastation that those drugs impose on our communities.
• Increase investment in our Naval Service including enhanced radar capability and an integrated monitoring and surveillance system across sea, land, and air. 114
• Introduce x-ray body scanners for visitors to our prisons and fund the upgrading and improvement of netting over all prison yards

[See also, thejournal.ie news article: Fianna Fáil clarifies that it won't decriminalise possession of all drugs]