297. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of a community detox programme in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30199/24]

Minister of State at the Department of Health: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked by the Deputy may be delayed in receiving a response directly from the HSE.

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