Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Tony Duffin:

Sure. It is a challenge. Ana Liffey has 80 staff across Dublin and the mid-west. Staff need to be looked after because they deal with very challenging cases. We obviously offer support and supervision, and there is also external supervision. Part of our strategic plan is to consider how to manage this going forward. I refer to a people strategy, as it were. It is a huge challenge for the sector and meeting it involves having a good ethos within an organisation, working together, having teams working together and supporting each other with colleagues. It is really practical stuff. External supervision is very important and that needs to be funded as well.