Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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All I can say is that I have seen the CAST project in Limerick and we need to roll it out throughout the country. I hope this will operate in the same way, and that we have people such as drug counsellors working in collaboration with the Garda. Gardaí will have to know where they are going to refer somebody. This will put in place a system for gardaí to refer somebody, and people will be aware they will have to engage in some health treatment. There still has to be the alternative. People can avoid the criminal justice system but they need to go down another route, which is the health diversion programme.