Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the Deputy's first question, the community and voluntary networks will be retained on the national oversight committee. Again, there are one or two groups that are anxious to get onto that. I believe that they will be accommodated in an ongoing process. The process has been hugely significant and most people have bought into it.

Funding is guaranteed to the north inner city. I understand that my Department has been engaged with the north inner city drug and alcohol task force in recent months. There are issues and those issues have been articulated to me and across the media. There is an impasse and I hope we will be able to deal with it in the coming weeks. My door is always open. There is no diminution of services. Services are continuing. I absolutely support the autonomy of the task forces. There are issues but my officials are currently engaged in a consultation process with all of the stakeholders to try to resolve them.