Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Joint Committee On Health
Addiction Services: Discussion
Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is as it should be. I have one more question, Chair, relating to something that came up when Deputy Hourigan was speaking and it is around data collected by the Health Research Board forms. That has not been changed in years.
Has that been updated recently? Have there been any changes? One of the reasons I am asking and why I put in a parliamentary question is that a number of people in my community are affected by addiction to codeine, an over-the-counter medication. I was looking for data on that but there is none. It was falling under the category of other opiates so I was not getting clear information. Have the HRB forms been updated recently? When was the last time they were updated? What needs to be included in them? The witnesses mentioned research on the family side, which would be a brilliant initiative if it happened, but do they have any comments with regard to drug use?
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