Drug, alcohol and tobacco policy after Cabinet reshuffle
byBrigid Pike
Following the Cabinet reshuffle announced on 11 July 2014, responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy and for alcohol policy passed to the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD. This means that responsibility for drug and alcohol policy now rests with a senior government minister with a seat at the Cabinet table. Prior to the reshuffle, responsibility for both policy domains was held by a junior minister without a seat in Cabinet, Alex White TD, Minister of State in the Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care.
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National policy framework for children and young people
byMartin Keane
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) recently published the long awaited national policy framework for children and young people, which will run from 2014 to 2020.1 The framework sets out an ambitious plan to achieve five national outcomes
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Addiction recovery: a contagious paradigm
On 17 July 2014, Councillor Mannix Flynn, representing the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, launched a report on behalf of Soilse, the drug rehabilitation service in HSE Dublin North City.1 The report entitled Addiction recovery: a contagious paradigm sets out a case for a recovery-focused approach to addiction treatment. It was co-authored by Martin Keane, Health Research Board, Gerry McAleenan of Soilse and Joe Barry, Professor of Population Health at Trinity College Dublin.
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