Dublin12 Harm Reduction Outreach service
The Dublin 12 and Canal Communities Drugs Task forces jointly operate a cross-task Force Harm reduction initiative. This service began in 2007.The worker is available to any group in the two communities to talk with workers or service users re Harm Reduction/Health Promotion. Also an outreach service is available for hard to reach clients, Crisis Intervention, and a new service delivering ‘Crack Pipes’.
Contact Paul on 0860453822 for more details.
PREMISES-BASED NEEDLE EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR HARM REDUCTION IN SOUTH DUBLIN
Merchants Quay Ireland, provides needle exchange Monday to Friday from 10am to 12.45pm and 2pm to 4.30pm. A limited needle exchange is also available on weekends.
The HSE outreach team provides needle exchange in the following areas:
· Cherry Orchard Hospital on Monday afternoons between 2pm and 4.30pm
· St. Aengus in Tallaght on a Monday afternoons between 2pm and 4.30pm
· Ballyfermot Health centre on a Tuesday afternoons between 2pm and 4.30pm
· JADD in Tallaght Wednesday evenings between 6.30pm and 8pm
· Rialto Community Drug Team on Thursday evenings between 6.30pm and 8pm
CARP in Killinarden, Tallaght is a community needle exchange that is open Monday to Friday (except Tuesday afternoons) in the afternoons from 2pm to 5pm.
