Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 April 2014
215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is putting a methadone clinic in St. Otteran's Hospital, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15476/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 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.
