Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Government parties made a commitment in their programme for Government to tackle drug abuse. They claimed that by the end of 2002, they would publish a plan to end completely all heroin use in prisons. I know the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is quite busy running the country, but 2002 passed a few years ago. Has that plan been developed? Are there any proposals to put it together? When will it be published? When will this commitment be implemented?

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