Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was asked to reply. They are human beings who at a certain time in their lives need these services. They largely do not connect with any other rehabilitation services or any other services. They are chronic users, many of whom are at the very edge of addiction, some of whom are at the end of their lives. As we all know if we read the many articles on the matter that have appeared in newspapers and magazines over the years, many of them have died on the streets, in back lanes.