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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, May 22, 2017

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"That this Tallaght Area Committee calls on Katherine Zappone TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, to provide additional resources to the Youth services in Tallaght to allow for effective action to be taken in respect of the dangers faced by young people regarding lunch time drug dealing targeting secondary school students which reports suggest is on the increase and that this committee seeks assurances from the Minister in respect of the matter which has been highlighted by many including the St Aengus Community Drug Treatment Project and the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force and that contact also be made with Catherine Byrne TD Minister for Communities and National Drugs Strategy on the issue."

REPORT:

"If this motion is passed, a letter will be sent from this Committee to the relevant ministers."