Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there has been a replacement community representative appointed to the implementation team for the National Drugs Strategy, in view of the recent resignation of the previous representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23412/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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A replacement community representative has not been appointed to the National Drugs Strategy Team yet. Prior to the resignation of the previous community representative on the National Drugs Strategy Team, my Department wrote to the Team suggesting that they request the community representatives on both the Regional and Local Drugs Task Forces to consider putting forward a candidate for consideration for appointment as a replacement.

The community representatives recently put forward proposals for discussion and I am currently in the process of considering these with a view to meeting with them in the near future.