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e to operate as per Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017. The Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017 Act defines a supervised injecting facility as "a facility operated by a licence holder where authorised users may consume drugs by injection." and the Act enables the Minister to issue licenses to operate a supervised injecting facility. This allows for the establishment, licensing, operation and regulation of supervised injecting facility on a pilot basis. As a result of this legislation (and following a tender process), the HSE awarded the contract to provide a medically supervised injecting facility to Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI). MQI subsequently applied and obtained planning permission to pilot a medically supervised injecting facility in its Riverbank Centre, Dublin 8. It is anticipated that this facility will be operational in quarter fou