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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 11, 2026

MOTION NO.5

MOTION: Councillor G. Kenny

That this Council notes that a new National Drugs Strategy is due to be published, recognises the harms caused by drug dependence to individuals and communities, and calls on the Minister to implement the key recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use and the interim report of the Oireachtas Committee on Drug Use in the development of any new drugs strategy; that a letter be issued to the Minister in this regard.

REPORT:

If the motion is passed, a letter will be issued to the Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Public Health, Well Being and the National Drugs Strategy; the response, when received, will be circulated to the Members.