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

The report, entitled The Landscape of Substance Misuse and its Impact on the Communities of Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force, highlighted that issue. The Chairman spoke about emerging trends. We have, in one aspect, tried to deal with emerging trends through the funding of €850,000 over three years and the €240,000 going to the relevant community healthcare organisation, CHO. The emerging drug trend and drug checking working group published a report in September. It contained a considerable amount of analysis and evidence-based findings. I absolutely agree with the Chairman. We aim to strengthen harm reduction and responses to the current and emerging trends and patterns of drug use. I feel that the report on emerging trends in Tallaght and other areas fits in with what we are looking at. We have the data and I am looking forward to sitting down with all the various stakeholders in Tallaght and many other areas in which there are emerging trends in order to try to address these issues as best we can.