Brian Walsh (Galway West, Independent)
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247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of addiction services in each LHO area in each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, specifying the type of addiction service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21999/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The HSE provides addiction services in a number of treatment settings to meet the needs of individual drug users. These settings include:

- primary care through GPs and community pharmacies;

- satellite clinics that facilitate opioid substitution provision through community pharmacies;

- treatment centres where opioid substitution treatment is dispensed on site and

- residential rehabilitation facilities. 

As the issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.