Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ms Maeve Foley:
It is reducing the use of their drug of choice in the first instance but also progress in other areas of their life. As we say, it is not a problem for everybody. If we can help someone who comes in to us and does not have a medical card and a local GP, our team will work with that person to get that sorted. For them, that is progress. If someone who is using many drugs comes off some of them or even uses less, that is progress for them. It could be someone who dropped out of school early, joins our education programme and achieves a Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, qualification or an in-house certificate. That is progress for them.