Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair. I appreciate the witnesses attendance here. I want to ask a few questions of the HSE but before I do, I want to put a comment on the record to add further to our previous meeting when were talking about the number of vulnerable people in addiction who are being criminalised for possession. Somebody sent me a note to outline that young professionals are also being charged with possession and are being criminalised. Their names are appearing in newspapers, which is having a significant affect on their professional career prospects and to their relationships. I wanted to note that.

I will talk to the HSE for a few minutes about a number of the initiatives outlined, one of which was the naloxone one. It was stated that 977 people have completed the module 1 training, while 179 have completed module 2. Who are those people? Where are they based? In terms of the pilot programme with gardaí, why are we waiting for this? This is common in other security services across the EU.