The future of the proposed supervised injecting centre hangs in the balance as Merchants Quay Ireland considers whether or not to appeal a decision refusing it planning permission.
MQI is weighing up if it can afford the cost of appealing the refusal by Dublin City Council to An Bord Pleanála. Some estimates have put the legal costs at around €30,000 to €40,000.
On Thursday, DCC refused the charity's application for a pilot medically supervised injecting facility (MSIF) at its offices on Dublin's quays.
Drugs strategy minister Catherine Byrne told the Irish Examiner that the appeal's cost was an issue and that she would be “pushing” for some type of funding to enable it.
The Minister of State at the Department of Health said she was “very disappointed and frustrated” at the decision and said the “Government wants this facility in place”.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, The Irish Examiner, 26/07/19
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