There is no mention of the citizens' assembly on drugs in the spring legislative programme. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Feighan, was before the Joint Committee on Health last week where he made a number of references to the assembly. He was talking of a way of dealing with the difficult outstanding issues and progressing them. Is this still a priority of Government and when does it intend to establish the assembly, as per the commitment in the programme for Government?

The Minister of State and the Government are keen on a more specific approach to drugs policy, particularly in an approach to area partnerships as a broader way of dealing with the issue, particularly in areas that have a higher level of challenges in respect of drug use and misuse. A number of a citizens' assemblies have been proposed in respect of a lord mayor in Dublin, drugs and biodiversity, and I am anxious that we get a number of those up and running this year. I will revert to the Deputy. I have an interest in getting the citizens' assembly on biodiversity up and running as well. The drugs policy is an issue not just for a citizens' assembly but for current policy.