Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy need only go to places such as Clondalkin boxing club, Waterford, where I was on Tuesday, or to Knocknaheeny in Cork to see the high quality buildings funded by allocations from the €7 million young people's services and facilities fund. In Knocknaheeny there is a preschool child care centre, a community centre, a family resource centre and a community development project, working closely together. That is what I want to see everywhere.

Deputy Finian McGrath and I come from a teaching background and we believe that educational programmes always need to be updated to take account of the new attitudes of young people.

Community pharmacists are important in the delivery of the drugs strategy. We will not, nor should we, provide a building for a methadone clinic on every street corner. We will work with general practitioners and community pharmacists to make sure that service is delivered.

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