Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

In an attempt to be in order regarding the issue raised by Deputy Flanagan, the Irish Examiner published a hard hitting special investigation on drug use in Ireland today. When the national drugs strategy was launched in the Taoiseach's Department, it was accompanied by a promise by the Government that a review of the strategy would take place on an annual basis, which would be debated in the Dáil. When will this year's debate take place, given that it is needed? In the context of a number of credible and not so credible reports on drug use in Ireland recently, when will that happen? Has the Taoiseach a comment on RTE's accusations that it knows the identity of a Minister in his Government who uses cocaine on a regular basis?

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