Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2026
46. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of drug seizures nationally in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total value, quantity and type of each seizure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49773/26]
View answerOperation Tara is An Garda Síochána’s national anti-drug crime operation which began in July 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks and drug related organised crime groups at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.
Under Operation Tara, individuals and groups involved in drug crime are the target of enforcement activity based on intelligence and the latest crime trends.
I am informed by the Garda Authorities that information on drug types is not available until they have been analysed by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). Drug volumes, following FSI analysis, are provided as part of the Commissioner’s Annual Report. The Annual Report for 2024, which is the most recent available, can be found using the following link:
www.garda.ie/en/about-us/publications/annual%20reports/an-garda-siochana-annual-reports/
Forensic Science Ireland also publish details of drug seizures in their annual reports at the following link: https://forensicscience.ie/corporate-services/annual-reports/
Annual reports for previous years can also be accessed at these links. Annual reports for 2025 will be published in due course.
