542. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of residential places that exist for persons seeking to come off drugs and alcohol; the location of each; the number which are private and public; the number which are for drugs rehabilitation; the number which are for alcohol rehabilitation; the number for dual diagnosis; and the number for men and women, respectively. [33793/17]

545. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that is spent on the provision of methadone; the number of persons in receipt of methadone currently; the number of persons annually that are engaged with methadone programmes that become drug free including methadone free on an annual basis; the amount of money which is spent on the provision of methadone in the prison service; and the number of persons in receipt of methadone in the Prison Service. [33806/17] 

546. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of detox beds that exist for persons seeking to come off drugs and alcohol; the location of each; the number which are private and public; the number which are for drugs detox and alcohol detox; the number for dual diagnosis; and the number for men and women. [33807/17] 

Minister for Health (Deputy Simon Harris): I propose to take Questions Nos. 542, 545 and 546 together.   As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. 

[see PDFs above for HSE response]