John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

Depending on who one speaks to there are 8,000 or 9,000 people on methadone treatments of one type or another. In recent weeks I met with the HSE to examine this issue. I am no different from the Deputy in that I meet families of people on methadone and I am concerned that people are on methadone for too long. For some people there might be no alternative but I am not satisfied that we have an aggressive enough methadone reduction programme.

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