Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

A Cheann Comhairle, it is in cases such as this on which the social policy unit of the Taoiseach's Department should be focussed. Those in the Liberties recycling programme have been weaned off drugs, received an element of re-training and have a new focus in their lives. When their programme finishes, however, no other programmes are available to them and the danger is that they will drift back into their previous cycle of drug misuse. Does the social inclusion policy unit focus on groups such as the Liberties recycling programme, highlighted on television the other evening, and the value of such courses? Does it make recommendations to the Taoiseach that such programmes have real impact on people's lives for their benefit and should be continued?

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