Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2014
641. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health when a decision was made to relocate an addiction treatment clinic (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for this decision; the type of services provided at the clinic; and the number of persons who availed of services at the clinic during the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [16476/14]
View answerThe HSE provides opioid substitution (mainly methadone) in a number of treatment settings to meet the needs of individual drug users. These settings include: primary care through GPs and community pharmacies; satellite clinics that facilitate opioid substitution provision through community pharmacies; treatment centres where opioid substitution treatment is dispensed on site and; residential rehabilitation facilities. As the issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
