Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

My final question is on the subject of drug treatment and methadone, which came up earlier. That is one area and there are certainly questions about the length of time people are stuck in methadone maintenance and the lack of counselling services and so on. Again, it is an underfunding issue. Presumably, the majority of problematic drug users are not heroin users; they are cocaine users. What are the services like at the moment for people in that category?

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