Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I do not know if Dr. Kelly remembers me but I was in his class in 2012 in UCD. I tried to see if he was outside and I did not recognise him but I did when he came in to speak. It is good to see him again after the council on intervention skills in UCD back in 2012. That is neither here or there.

My first question is to Mr. McBrien. He mentioned nurses can prescribe opioids but they cannot prescribe opiate substitutions.