262 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection in recognising the important role played by residential rehabilitation programmes in tackling the drugs crisis and that many clients in residential detox centres participate as part of probation and noting one of the objectives of the National Drug Strategy is to encourage problem substance users to engage with, and avail of, rehabilitation services, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that clients of residential services who were on jobseeker’s allowance have had their welfare reduced to supplementary welfare allowance and that this has two serious negative implications, namely clients are not eligible for labour market programmes exiting residential programmes because they are not six months on jobseeker’s allowance, and the detox centres depend on clients contributions to pay for the facility therefore a cut in social welfare means a serious cut in contributions; her views on this matter and the steps she will take in response of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/11]

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262 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection in recognising the important role played by residential rehabilitation programmes in tackling the drugs crisis and that many clients in residential detox centres participate as part of probation and noting one of the objectives of the National Drug Strategy is to encourage problem substance users to engage with, and avail of, rehabilitation services, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that clients of residential services who were on jobseeker’s allowance have had their welfare reduced to supplementary welfare allowance and that this has two serious negative implications, namely clients are not eligible for labour market programmes exiting residential programmes because they are not six months on jobseeker’s allowance, and the detox centres depend on clients contributions to pay for the facility therefore a cut in social welfare means a serious cut in contributions; her views on this matter and the steps she will take in response of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/11]

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