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 Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will start with what Ms Bairéad just talked about, namely, the interaction between the witnesses and some of the decision-makers. I will talk about recommendation No. 8 of the citizens’ assembly in terms of the national drugs strategy. The witnesses described their interaction as they would like it to be. Is that what recommendation No. 8 would encompass - that there would be regular interaction from multiple agencies overseen by one Minister and the buck would stop there, effectively? I note the answer is "Yes". I suppose recommendation No. 25 and that local partnership is the other side of it. What would the witnesses expect to see? Is that a mirrored version of it except with local gardaí-----

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