John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

This is a national scheme given the pilot scheme was undertaken previously. The scheme will run for approximately nine months and this is the first of three phases. One of the reasons it is being rolled out in phases is to prevent a situation where, if the floodgates open, the Garda could be unable to deal with the number of calls. However, this is a national scheme, which will be implemented through the local drugs task forces. This first phase is being launched and phases two and three will run over a nine-month period.

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