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[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 428 - Local Drugs Task Forces funding [7862/15]. (24 Feb 2015)

428. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding provided each year, since 2010, to each of the local and regional drugs task forces. [7862/15]

Minister for Health (Deputy Leo Varadkar): In line with the National Drugs Strategy, my Department administers a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. The budget allocation for the twenty four Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for each of the years referred to by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

LDATFs	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Ballyfermot	1,533,826	1,492,413	1,569,489	1,522,404	461,150	255,466
Ballymun	1,243,552	1,209,976	1,180,695	1,145,274	632,817	422,958
Blanchardstown	1,184,200	1,152,227	1,124,343	1,090,613	179,305	179,305
Bray	1,656,849	1,612,114	1,573,101	1,525,908	573,860	573,860
Canal Communities	1,645,413	1,600,987	1,562,243	1,515,376	338,605	338,605
Clondalkin	1,495,408	1,455,032	1,421,577	1,428,930	388,114	388,114
Cork	1,622,621	1,617,730	1,578,581	1,531,224	411,988	411,988
Dublin 12	1,180,005	1,148,145	1,120,360	1,086,749	74,013	70,997
Dublin North East	1,294,199	1,259,256	1,228,782	988,234	422,251	422,251
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	975,475	949,137	926,167	898,382	94,676	94,676
Finglas Cabra	986,452	959,818	936,590	908,492	263,277	263,277
North Inner City	2,495,777	2,428,391	2,369,624	2,298,535	576,956	494,856
South Inner City	2,276,911	2,215,434	2,161,821	2,096,966	255,720	176,043
Tallaght	1,316,913	1,281,356	1,250,347	1,262,837	452,712	341,438
RDATFs	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
East Coast	896,933	872,716	851,596	584,227	58,200	58,200
Midlands	1,576,095	870,581	849,513	824,028	307,810	136,816
Mid-West	894,739	1,533,540	1,496,428	1,451,535	147,982	147,982
North East	1,038,588	1,010,546	986,091	956,508	0	0
North West	806,369	784,597	765,610	742,642	272,485	258,633
North Dublin	870,066	846,574	826,087	801,304	456,080	309,778
South East	1,193,005	1,160,794	1,132,703	1,098,722	0	0
South West	894,750	870,592	849,524	824,038	102,820	102,820
Southern	1,089,369	1,059,956	1,034,305	1,003,276	0	0
Western	740,085	720,104	702,677	681,597	136,994	136,994

The reduction in the allocation in 2014 and 2015 respectively reflects the fact that my Department transferred €21.04m in funding relating to Drug and Alcohol Task Force projects to the HSE on 1st January 2014, with a further €1.02m transferring on 1 January 2015.

Item Type

Dail Debates

Publication Type

Irish-related

Drug Type

All substances

Intervention Type

Policy

Source

Oireachtas

Date

24 February 2015