I want to share in what my colleagues have said and welcome the report of the drugs committee. Our colleagues in the Seanad have put such vital work into it. I agree with the call that it should be a permanent committee. We should have a debate in this House on drugs use, drugs policy and what we are doing as a State. I honestly admit that I have reservations about the decriminalisation of drug use, but that is my personal view. It obviously cannot just be the criminal justice system that is involved in this issue because it has to be about much more than that. We must support family resource centres and youth centres, which we are not supporting well enough. I visit many of them and they do not know where to go for funding. They are not getting a solid line of funding.

We are not doing enough at a societal level for a health-led approach to prevent drug use. Senator Scahill outlined that An Garda Síochána was not being resourced. We have talked time after time about putting more gardaí into rural Ireland. We need more there. We need more drug units in rural Ireland to prevent the criminals in the system who are bringing illegal substances in for sale and supply. We are not doing enough to deter and catch these people, and we need more resources there. Revenue definitely needs more. I welcome the work of the committee. We need a debate on this matter and we need action, because this is affecting every townland, parish and part of our society. We need change.

Ironically, the next matter I want to talk about is supporting our rural pubs, which I would see as a vital asset in rural Ireland. These are community centres, not just places where they sell alcohol and other substances, which I suppose can cause desperate effects. We need to support rural pubs, which provide a vital service in our countryside. Over 2,000 pubs have closed in recent years. The Vintners Federation of Ireland has a solid proposal of a tax rebate scheme from the Government. We need to act before it is too late and we lose our pubs. I see that the incoming British Prime Minister is talking about supporting pubs in the UK. I am not saying we need to look across the water for best practice, but we need to act before it is too late for our rural pubs.