John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the local and regional drugs task forces that have a representative from her Department on the task force in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of meetings that took place; the number that were attended by the representative from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20903/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department continues to engage with the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces with focused services to support the re-integration of people recovering from substance misuse into the labour market.

The record of meetings held and attended by a representative from my Department, can be found in the table below. DEASP local management appoint a representative to attend based on appropriateness and necessity, taking account of meeting agenda.