Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have never restored funding to task forces. Ten years ago a task force was getting more funding. Deputy Feighan is the Minister of State now. Just to let him know how far behind I feel he and the Department are, in my budget submission that I put in as part of Sinn Féin's budget, I looked for an additional €45 million to go into drug and recovery services. What he announced in his budget was €6 million, with €1.8 million of that being for the homeless, which should not have been included in his drugs budget submission. He offered €4 million and we are looking for €45 million. That will not even solve the problems. That is just the start of what needs to be done.

Could I get answers on Keltoi and the north inner city, please?

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