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The National Housing First Programme, targeting homeless people with complex support needs, provided multi-disciplinary and cross-agency support to 240 people over 2022. The programme won a European Social Services Awards for Collaborative Practice.

A new campaign was launched, aimed at people attending Irish music festivals, offering practical information and advice on how to reduce the risks associated with drug use in nightlife spaces. During the first drug monitoring pilot at the Electric Picnic Festival, 46 samples were submitted and analysed with three risk alerts issued to those in attendance

The Naloxone Administration by Addiction and Homeless Service Providers in Ireland: 2018-2020 report was launched in June. This report outlined the positive impact of the provision of naloxone administration on 569 occasions during the period which resulted in saving at least 22 lives.