Catherine Byrne says she would fight to retain needle exchange in south inner city.
Major drug treatment centres need to be located in the centre of Dublin even if it makes the problem more obvious to tourists, Minister of State for the National Drug Strategy has said.
Catherine Byrne, a Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central said she would fight to retain the Merchants Quay Ireland needle exchange and drug treatment centre, the largest in the country, in the south inner city.
Despite complaints from local residents and businesses and the longstanding charge that too many addicts were brought into the city centre because treatment options were located there, the facility is “going nowhere” as far as she was concerned.
Source: Conor Lally, Irish Times, 19/09/2016
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