Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The drugs issue is not a monthly but a daily issue and meetings are always going on with the regional groups outside of the committee structures. The purpose of the meeting is to co-ordinate activity across Departments and agencies on the policy or day to day issues of drugs and deal with questions put down for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform or the Minister of State responsible for dealing with the main drugs issue.

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