Mr. Jim Walsh:

It is important to note that our funding from the Department of Health goes to community drug projects. It does not go to task forces. We fund 280 community drug projects throughout the country. The funding that we will allocate to the crack-cocaine initiative will go to community projects to deliver the services. We want, however, a planned approach involving all the organisations, including the HSE and the task forces, to identify the needs and how we can best respond. We need strategy and planning as well as good delivery on the ground. We will have that in the crack-cocaine initiative. We will support services on the ground - I will allow Dr. Keenan to elaborate more on that - but we need them on a basis that is evidence-informed, strategic and that will have clear outcomes. Otherwise, we are just throwing money at a problem and that will not deliver any results. I emphasise that it is community response, but in a planned way.