Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations. I know every one of the people in the organisations the witnesses work for work extremely hard and are dedicated to the jobs they do. I visited about 25 support services over the past two years. It has been a huge education for me as regards the work that is being done. As Ms Harris referred to earlier, the big issue is the impact of addiction on families. What can we do? There is a whole education process there but there is also the need for supports for families. How can we grow and co-ordinate these supports?

I visited seven different facilities in Limerick. They were all doing a very good job but were all independent. I wonder if we can do a lot more to co-ordinate the different groups? They all have a part to play and they are very important parts.