Would the Minister not agree that the biggest failure of the AIDS programme in relation to the combat and spread of AIDS has been its failure to reach target groups such as intravenous drug users? Would he consider looking again at some of the Outreach programmes and the lack of co-ordination with voluntary organisations who are trying to do valuable work in this area because there seems to be a lack of co-ordination in this area at present?

I accept that it is very difficult to reach drug abusers but I am satisfied that much excellent work has been carried out in the past year as a result of funding provided from the national lottery — a sum of £450,000 — to bodies such as the Eastern Health Board for their Outreach programme and to a number of voluntary bodies who are working with drug abusers and are in a position to reach them in a one-to-one way. This is necessary because, as we all accept, advertising public information programmes through the mass media is not very effective in reaching some of the people who are most at risk.