An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2021-04-21
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I thank Deputy McAuliffe for raising the issue. He is a long-time champion of specific and targeted initiatives to deal with disadvantage and drug dealing and to support communities more strongly in particular situations. I look forward to receiving the report. I have asked officials in my Department to look more broadly at this issue with a view to auditing existing services and identifying areas where we could introduce targeted initiatives such as the old RAPID programme, and also ensure there is a cross-departmental approach to enhancing the life experiences of people in communities that are under pressure from this kind of activity. I will come back to the Deputy and the House when we have further details on that.

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Sitting date: 2021-04-21