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Dáil
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

National drugs strategy meeting

Summary

Deputy John Curran asks for a meeting with community representatives involved in the national drugs strategy to discuss their concerns about meaningful input. The Taoiseach says he cannot arrange meetings on the floor of the House but will meet them when practical.

Pat the Cope Gallagher An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That is an example of a question and answer. I call Deputy Curran, who I am sure will provide another.

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The Taoiseach will recall that he launched the national drugs strategy some years ago, which is effectively a partnership approach between the voluntary, statutory and community sectors. More recently, the community sector is concerned that it is not having meaningful input into the strategy and its implementation. It wrote to the Taoiseach about four weeks ago requesting a meeting, which the Taoiseach acknowledged. Will he agree to that meeting and can it be organised during this Dáil session?

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Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

It is not my practice to organise meetings on the floor of the House. The Deputy will appreciate that I receive a lot of requests and my diary is now full until the recess. However, I will meet them as soon as it is practical to do so.

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