Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

The message coming through the media is that this is a predominantly urban problem affecting places such as Limerick, Cork and Dublin. Senators Brady and Brian Hayes may be in a better position to talk about this issue from first hand experience in their own areas. The closest town to my home is Letterkenny, a growing urban centre – people are beginning to speak about it attaining city status. There are already drugs in Letterkenny. I am concerned about social and infrastructural intervention and about the funding of the drugs strategy in regional centres.