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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: There is no proposed date but we are expecting that it will take place during the lifetime of this Government. I have been consulting with the Taoiseach’s Department and with the leaders of the three parties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: As soon as restrictions are lifted I believe we can discuss it again. This is a matter for the Taoiseach’s Department and we have written to his Department on a number of occasions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: We are liaising with the Taoiseach’s Department on this but Covid-19 has effectively stymied much of the preparation for a citizens’ assembly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: There are different aspects to how various groups and different people can come into various initiatives.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: No, they are part of the process. I might bring in my colleague, Mr. Walsh, to assist with the answer to this question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: Again, it is a new way of bringing various areas of expertise into the national oversight committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: Before this, people were just appointed but now there are different strands in respect of getting involved. I am meeting with the nurses and I hope it will be resolved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: They have not been excluded yet. All I will say is that I very much value their expertise. I would hope that in the coming days we can meet. I would hope that they would be included in the national oversight committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I think there was a breakdown in communication and I would hope that would have been resolved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: Once I meet with them, I have that facility, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I would certainly think it is, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I will bring in Dr. Keenan, the HSE lead in addiction services. He might be able to clarify that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: That is an interesting question. There were 1,000 clients who were given access to opiate substitution treatments in 2020 and 2021. This is under the Covid-19 contingency plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I will ask Dr. Keenan to articulate this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: We are committed to working with people on their journey to recovery. I will bring in Dr. Keenan to articulate exactly his views as clinical lead in this area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: If I may just clarify, I think I said there was 1,000 extra put on OST during the Covid pandemic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I am going to bring in Mr. Walsh or Dr. Keenan on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: There are 24 task forces. There will always be one or two issues. This is an issue we need to resolve. When I was brought into the Department first, we engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We have had good collaboration with that Department. The Deputy has a point. There needs to be much more collaboration between the Department of Health and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: I would think so. A lot of that is in different detail. As I said, the first collaboration was between the Department of Health and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. You can see what happened with the wrap-around services. We were able to provide services to people who needed housing and who used drugs. It was a huge success. We need a lot more collaboration and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)
Frank Feighan: This is part of strategic priority 4. We are committed to a partnership approach across Departments and agencies and to tackling effectively the prevalence of poor health and social problems. The Deputy's question has been very pertinent. I hope a lot more collaboration between various Departments will happen.