Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy should remember that 422 different centres around the country provide support for people with alcohol or drug addiction. Last year, 13,000 people received treatment for drug addiction and 8,000 people received treatment for alcohol addiction. Those figures are likely to go up. I have visited many of those centres over the last three to four months and each one of them is doing a very good job. We need to roll out additional services in some areas. I am working with the HSE and, in some cases, the local authorities in those areas to try to improve and develop new services where they are required.