Drivetime

Those found in possession of drugs for personal use will be diverted to the health services, under the new draft Programme for Government. However, it does not specify which drugs the new rules will apply to. To discuss this Head of Addiction Services at St. John of Gods Clinical professor of Psychiatry at UCD Colin O'Gara.

Following on from yesterday's report on coercive control, our reporter Barry Lenihan has this update which some listeners may find distressing. If you have been affected by any of the issues we've discussed, you can find support at rte.ie/helplines or contact the Men's Development Network at 1800 816 588.

As members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael get set to vote on the programme for government, the row over Dáil speaking rights continues. We hear from Richard O'Donoghue, Independent Ireland TD for Limerick, and Derek Mooney, Public Affairs Consultant and former Fianna Fáil adivsor.

Barry Lenihan speaks to a male victim of alleged coercive control who says men like him are suffering in silence as they fear they won't be believed. If you have been affected by any of the issues in this report, you can find support at rte.ie/helplines, or you can reach the Men's Development Network on 1800 816 588.

Uisce Éireann will press ahead with a long proposed 170km pipeline from the lower River Shannon through the midlands all the way to the capital. But not all those living along the route of the Shannon Pipeline or near the site of the proposed water extraction are convinced. John Cooke reports.

Campaign groups have been responding to the outlined plan for government. We hear from Tanya Ward (Children's Rights Alliance); James Morrisroe (GRA); Oisin Coghlan (Friends of the Earth); Nick Henderson (Irish Refugee Council); Sean Moynihan (Alone) and Nathan Murphy (USI).

A row has broken out after some Independents have asked to sit on the opposition benches for the purposes of Dáil speaking rights - a day after agreeing to the Programme for Government. We hear from Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit), Niall Collins (Fianna Fail) and Duncan Smith (Labour).

Una Kelly RTE Reporter

Caroline Reidy, Managing Director of the HR Suite and HR and Employment Law Expert

Dara Calleary, Fianna Fail TD for Mayo