Mal O'Hara (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It was mentioned that only 100 out of 1,800 pharmacies are providing needle exchange services. Will the witnesses give clarity on the OST? Are the 100 pharmacies situated in deprived areas? Is there a blanket approach? What is the approach in terms of those provisions and the community engagement? From my experience working in Belfast, we wanted to put a needle exchange into a community that needed it but it was mishandled by public health. There was paramilitary instigated reaction to it and there were huge problems.