Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Joint Committee On Health

Addiction Services: Discussion

Ms Jackie McKenna:

We can make applications for different bits of work we want to do. We can do any amount of work. We have built up that relationship with the Garda and because it is a community-level intervention and we have access to families across four counties, it makes sense that we can lead out on that, along with the Garda. As a result of the Vivian Geiran report, we have linked in with the Drogheda implementation board. One of those actions was to work inter-agency to roll out this drug-related intimidation reporting programme. We have made an application for a small amount of money to roll out training workshops and an awareness event in the autumn. On the basis of that, and because of the proceeds of crime fund, we hope to develop that over the next two years, through the Department of Justice.

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