Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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A point I want to make about the task forces is that increasingly they are aiming to be partners in the provision of community services, whether that is family support or bringing together education partners. The task forces are facilitating a lot of that joined-up thinking and activity to have a comprehensive response in areas where drug use is very prevalent. The task forces are saying they desperately need multi-annual funding because as part of the outreach work they are doing they are trying to employ therapists and other workers such as family support workers. It is very difficult to do that unless they can guarantee a medium-term contract. Now it is just annual funding and they do not know how they will be fixed the following year.