Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Department of Health
National Drugs Strategy
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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433. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the steering group tasked to develop the new national drug strategy. [15652/16]
Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Health is developing a new National Drugs Strategy, which will cover the period from 2017 onwards. A Steering Committee, chaired by the former General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers Organisation and with representatives from the relevant Statutory, Community and Voluntary Sectors listed below, has been established to oversee the process.
Sector | Body | Number of Representatives |
---|---|---|
Statutory Sector | Department of Health | 3 |
Statutory Sector | Health Service Executive | 2 |
Statutory Sector | Department of Justice & Equality | 1 |
Statutory Sector | An Garda Síochána | 1 |
Statutory Sector | Department of Education & Skills | 1 |
Statutory Sector | Department of Environment, Community & Local Government | 1 |
Statutory Sector | Department of Children & Youth Affairs | 1 |
Statutory Sector | Department of Social Protection | 1 |
Statutory Sector | Health Research Board | 1 |
Community Sector | Community Sector - represented by CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign | 2 |
Community Sector | National Family Support Network | 1 |
Voluntary Sector | Voluntary Sector - represented by the Voluntary Drug Treatment Network | 2 |
Cross-sector Task Force network | Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force Chairs Network | 1 |
Cross-sector Task Force network | Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force Chairs Network | 1 |
Cross-sector committee | National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol | 1 |
Total number of representatives: | 20 |
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