Ms Breen-Smyth was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which is investigating the effects of paramilitary activity and organised crime in the region
The scale of the drugs problem in many communities in Northern Ireland contributes to the continued existence of paramilitary groups, MPs have been told.
.She told MPs there are elements within the paramilitary organisations who have devoted themselves to ending criminality. "There is a dance which goes on between a very substantial drug problem in some of the rural areas I visit, complaints from ordinary members of the community saying they've rung the PSNI, they've told them there is a drug dealer sitting at the corner selling drugs out of their car, and nothing happens.
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