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Committee on Public Accounts. [Oireachtas] Committee of Public Accounts. Special report no. 64 of Comptroller and Auditor General: Drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation (resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

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Mr. Seán Aylward (Secretary General, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform) called and examined.

Chairman: Today we will examine special report No. 64 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation. We have already examined the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Health Service Executive on issues related to the delivery of services to drug addicts, mainly methadone maintenance. Today’s session relates to the justice element of service delivery covered in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We will be returning to the issue when we look at the effectiveness of treatment and when we have available the study of the prevalence of opiates in the State. At that meeting the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the HSE and the Health Research Board will be examined on the issues raised. We will also look at the new proposals emanating from the new drugs strategy published last week....

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[See also, resumed debate on 17 December 2009]

 

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