East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force Action Plan 2005-2008 THE EAST COAST REGIONAL DRUGS TASK FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2003 AND IS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY, VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY REPRESENTATIVES WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE DRUG ISSUES WITHIN ITS REGION. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT: MS SIOBHAN TURNER, EAST COAST REGIONAL DRUGS TASK FORCE, BLOCK B, THE CIVIC CENTRE, MAIN STREET, BRAY, CO. WICKLOW. TEL. NO: 01 274 4238, FAX. NO: 01 274 4277 Email:
[email protected] www.drugsinfo.ie DRUGS HELPLINE FREEPHONE: 1800 459 459 Drugs. There are answers. East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 2 Section 1: Nature and Extent of Drug Misuse 4 Section 2: Profile of Existing Service Provision Statutory, Voluntary and Community. 19 Section 3 Extent to Which Current Service Provision Meets Identified Need. 31 Section 4 Measures Necessary to Address Gaps in Service Provision. 47 Section 5 Developing and Prioritising Specific Proposals 55 Section 6 Evaluation 95 Section 7 Cross Task Force Issues and Learnings from LDTF 101 Appendix 1 105 Appendix 2 163 Appendix 3 185 1 East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force FOREWORD It is my honour to present on behalf of the East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force (ECRDTF) our first Action Plan for the region. The Action Plan endeavours to provide a strategic framework towards providing services to drug users, their families and the whole community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank a number of individuals and groups, firstly to thank the team from Inclusion Training and Consultancy Services for their assistance and advice in putting this report together.