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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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: Considering the amount of money being made by international cartels with the drugs being shipped into Ireland and being sold, people are conscious that the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, has had many successes over the years. Yesterday I read about €1.3 million. We read this regularly in our newspapers. Drugs task forces and other groups have proposed that that money should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Naturalisation Applications (30 Nov 2021)

Seán Crowe: 485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications currently being considered; and the number of live applications still being processed were submitted prior to 23 November 2019. [58709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Crowe: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds Peamount Hospital has for continuing care for neurological illness or acquired brain injury; if all beds are currently staffed full-time and open; and the number of vacancies for medical staff are currently unfilled at the hospital. [57749/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Crowe: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that were made in the Covid-19 pass system for persons who are medically advised against receiving a Covid-19 vaccination. [57890/21]