Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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No apologies have been received. Deputy Ó Murchú is substituting for Deputy Mark Ward.

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This is our first meeting of this very important committee on the subject of a health-led approach. The committee's members welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming here today. We would like to hear from them over the next couple of hours. I will introduce our guests. Ms Anna Quigley is the project lead of the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign.

We also have members from the Irish Prison Service: Ms Caron McCaffrey, Mr. David Joyce, Ms Sarah Hume, Ms Anne Collins, the national clinical lead for mental health and addiction, and Mr. David Treacy. They are all very welcome. I invite Ms Quigley to make her opening statement.