With effect from 1 May 2011, functions relating to the coordination of the National Drugs Strategy and the National Advisory Committee on Drugs transferred from the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to the Department of Health, under Ms. Róisín Shortall T.D., Minister for State with responsibility for Primary Care.
As a result, the following Units have now been created in the Department under Paul Barron, Assistant Secretary.
Drugs Programmes Unit
The main function of the Unit is to manage the Drugs Initiatives Programmes which are primarily drug related projects and initiatives in Drugs Task Force Areas.
Drugs Policy Unit
The main function of the Unit is to oversee the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 through the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research.
National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD)
The NACD advises the Minister and the Government in relation to the prevalence, prevention, treatment and consequences of drugs misuse. It also conducts and commissions research in relation to drug misuse.
The postal address for both these Units is:
3rd Floor
Hawkins House
Hawkins St
Dublin 2
email: dpu@health.gov.ie
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