Drugs strategy row to be sorted soon, says Ahern

JUNIOR Minister Noel Ahern expects a health services wrangle which it is claimed is threatening the Government’s drugs strategy to be “sorted” within a few weeks.

Community anti-drugs activists in Dublin had claimed a row involving the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive (HSE) was threatening implementation of the National Drugs Strategy.

Mr Ahern, who has responsibility for drugs strategy said yesterday: “It’s just a slight argument as to what is the policy-making body and what is the operations body. I am confident it will be sorted out in a couple of weeks.”