Déirdre de Búrca (Green Party)

I welcome the €12.5 million being given to fund the implementation of the recommendations of the national drugs strategy rehabilitation board. This will allow for the development and strengthening of the local drugs task forces and roll services out to the new commuter belt towns. We can see cases in the media where many young people are facing extremely adverse health conditions because of dabbling in recreational drugs, so the role of our drugs task forces is increasingly important. I am pleased to see this prioritised in today's budget.