Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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I thank Mr. Walsh for that reply.

I would like to go back to the fact that no nurses are represented on the national oversight committee, an issue that has been raised. I ask that the thinking on this be explained, when there is a very heavy representation from psychiatrists, for example. They, obviously, have a role but it seems extraordinary that the Minister of State has a number of psychiatrists and no experienced nurse in the area of addiction on the committee. Nurses play a central role in the provision of services to people with addiction. What is the thinking on that and why on earth have nurses been left out?