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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. We will see that with the figures which will be provided by the Department, I hope. I want to move on. Reference was made to the factors that were taken into consideration when pursuing a strategy, one being the social determinants of health. The point was made that Government-wide issues impact on the causes of people developing drug issues. Will the Minister of State outline the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Will Ms McArdle outline those, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: On what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. I am asking for the structures, please. Will Ms McArdle outline those?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Please do, just so we can see who the representatives are. How often does that body meet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What is the opportunity for the local drugs task forces to make an input into policy development?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is a subgroup of the national oversight committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Are the task forces represented on the national oversight body?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: How are they represented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: How many representatives?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: At what level are the other agencies and Departments represented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Can Mr. Doherty tell us a little bit about the current drugs unit within the Department? Does it have many staff members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: No, I am talking about the funding of the drugs task forces.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there good attendance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The quarterly meetings are minuted and those minutes are available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Previously, the DPU dealt with the drugs issue and had direct contacts with drugs task forces. The problem now is that many other responsibilities are being placed on staff who previously had been solely concerned with the drugs issue. Is it the case that people within the HSE and the Department of Health are overstretched because additional responsibilities have been loaded onto them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there responsibility for other policy areas, for example, asylum seekers and social exclusion, under their remit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State believe the strategy is working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: So, there are more people looking for treatment now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is why I asked whether the Minister of State thinks the strategy is working.