Feighan: no proposal to remove groups from drugs task force

 Minister of State Frank Feighan.  The Oireachtas Health Committee heard claims a week ago from CityWide, a representative group of community drug groups, that the minister was due to introduce plans  to remove organisations from the strategy's National Oversight Committee.

 Minister of State at the Department of Health Frank Feighan has told an Oireachtas committee that there is no proposal to “remove” community groups from a key implementation body of the National Drugs Strategy.

The Oireachtas Health Committee heard claims a week ago from CityWide, a representative group of community drug groups, that the minister was due to introduce plans last Friday to remove organisations such as itself from the strategy's National Oversight Committee.