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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Quigley. Ms Hill made the point about January. What does that look like for people in Tallaght in regard to the response to the crack cocaine crisis? Can Ms Hill touch on the issues Ms Quigley raised about funding and emerging needs and trends, and the funding which task forces used to get but which was cut back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Mr. Hamilton has his hand up. Can he give a quick reply? I am conscious I am eating into members' time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I call Senator Kyne and apologise for delaying bringing him in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Can Ms Quigley keep her reply short?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: We have lost Deputy Gould. I think we have lost everyone. Apologies to people watching at home. Deputy Gould, we lost you for a couple of seconds. Could you start again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Who would like to take that? Mr. Hamilton, would you like to kick off first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: There are no residential beds or supports for a single woman bringing children along to that residential element, for example. There is nothing like that at moment either, is there? This a huge gap for anybody who is seeking treatment. Would Ms Hill like to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Again, as a committee, we will look in our next private meeting at trying to bring in the Minister of State to respond to some of the remarks that have been made today, so that we can develop on from what we are hearing today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: That is fine. We will hopefully have a second round anyway. Our next member is Deputy Shortall.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: We agreed at the start of the meeting that we would have five minutes for the first round of questions and then we would come back for a second round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: The next speaker is Deputy Hourigan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Would Ms Hill or Mr. Hamilton like to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: The amount of money the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force gets and whether the total is up or down can be addressed first and then the broader issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I will let the guests contribute, but I think the submission received by the committee states that the groups are receiving less money now than they were ten years ago. That is the situation even though the population has risen. I call Ms Hill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: The point has been made about funding for the area. Mr. Hamilton spoke about how staff were upskilled and the best of staff being within the front-line services. A bit like the funding the drugs task force does not get, is it similar with community-based projects in that many of the workers are section 39 workers and have not had a rise in ten years? Is there a problem? It probably...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Mr. Hamilton talked about open drug dealing in the area. It sends the wrong message, particularly to young people within those communities. Mr. Hamilton also talked about the projects being kept open during the pandemic. Something else that happened during the pandemic was that people noticed gangs gathering at particular sites and so on more often. People could not understand it because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes, we gave a commitment at the start of the meeting that we would discuss this at our next private session. There were calls for us to have a formal meeting with the Minister of State as well. I will take on board the Deputy's point. It is important we follow up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: I agree. It was also suggested we would write in the interim to the Minister of State and the Department, outlining our concerns about some of the issues. We will not have that meeting until the middle of January or later in the month, if it happens at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)
Seán Crowe: Okay. In the interim, we can write to the Department and ask for that information.