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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2010

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Questions (162)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

204 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the fact that the national advisory committee on drugs has no researcher as a result of the moratorium on recruitment in view of the fact that it is a body that was expressly established to advise Government on the basis of research; the steps he will take to ensure the employment of research staff by the NACD and the timeframe for same. [10647/10]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Deputy John Curran)

I am endeavouring to ensure that the researcher post in the National Advisory Committee on Drugs will be filled as soon as possible and my officials are pursuing the matter with the Department of Finance with a view to resolving the issue.