Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013
648. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of each action contained in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 following the recent meeting of the oversight forum on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48947/13]
View answerImplementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 which sets out Government policy in dealing with the drugs problem is being pursued across a range of Government Departments and Agencies. An annual progress report on the implementation of the actions of the Strategy is compiled. The 2012 progress report was considered in detail at the Oversight Forum on Drugs (OFD) meeting on the 31st January 2013 and this report is available on the Department of Health website.
Solid progress has been made in 2013 across the 63 Actions of the Strategy which are based around the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. At the last meeting of the OFD, on the 24th October, I informed the members that my Department would shortly be requesting an end of year progress report. The 2013 progress report should be available for consideration by the OFD at its meeting scheduled for the 30th January 2014, following which it will then be made available through the Department's website.
