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Early Warning and Emerging Trends

This group was originally set up in September 1997 by the Department of Health as the ad hoc Early Warning Committee on New Synthetic Drugs under the 1997 Joint Action by the Council of the European Union concerning information exchange, risk assessment and control of new synthetic drugs where each Member State had to set up a system of early warning on the emergence of this phenomenon. In 2001, the committee was placed on a formal basis within the NACD and its remit extended to include the monitoring of emerging trends.

The Early Warning and Emerging Trends sub-committee is made up of the following members.

Early Warning and Emerging Trends Sub-Committee Members

• Ms Marita Kinsella, Dept of Health
• Dr Des Corrigan, Visiting Academic, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College
• Ms Lorraine Nolan, Irish Medicines Board
• Ms Helen Crosse, Toxicology Department, Beaumont Hospital
• Mr Tony Duffin, National Voluntary Drug Sector
• Dr James Gray, Emergency Dept. AMNCH
• Mr Gerry Hayes, Dept. of Justice & Equality
• Dr Jean Long, EGKBU, Health Research Board
• Dr Richie Maguire, Medical Bureau of Road Safety
• Mr Barry O'Donnell, Dept of Justice  & Equality
• Mr Chris Murphy, Crosscare Drug & Alcohol Programme
• Ms Jelena Ivanovic, Crosscare Drug & Alcohol Programme
• Dr Daniel O’Driscoll, Forensic Science Laboratory
• Ms Peggy McGlynn, Forensic Science Laboratory
• Ms Mary O’Reilly, Dept. of Health
• Ms Noreen Quinn, Dept. of Health
• Mr Liam Regan, State Laboratory
• Det Sgt Brian Roberts, Garda National Drugs Unit
• Ms Maria Ryan, Revenue Commissioners
• Dr Bobby Smyth, HSE, South Western Area
• Mr Gabriel Staunton, Dept. of Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs
• Ms Siobhan Stokes, Drug Treatment Centre Board
• Ms Gillian Treacy, Dept. of Health
• Ms Fiona Walsh, HSE Western Area
• Ms Joan O'Flynn, NACD
• Dr Pierce Kavanagh, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
• Ms Dairearca Ní Neill, Dept. of Health

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