15].

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 602 - National Drugs Strategy budget [23386/15]. (16 Jun 2015)

602. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Healthif he will provide, in tabular form, the funding made available to each local and regional drugs task force for each of the years 2010 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/15]

Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin):In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Department of Health 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 table.

LDATFs	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 DOH	2014 HSE	2015 DOH	2015 HSE
Ballyfermot	1,533,826	1,492,413	1,569,489	1,522,404	461,150	1,025,582	255,466	1,231,286
Ballymun	1,243,552	1,209,976	1,180,695	1,145,274	632,817	488,098	422,958	697,957
Blanchardstown	1,184,200	1,152,227	1,124,343	1,090,613	179,305	913,589	179,305	913,589
Bray	1,656,849	1,612,114	1,573,101	1,525,908	573,860	916,271	573,860	916,271
Canal Communities	1,645,413	1,600,987	1,562,243	1,515,376	338,605	1,141,309	338,605	1,141,309
Clondalkin	1,495,408	1,455,032	1,421,577	1,428,930	388,114	1,007,948	388,114	1,007,948
Cork	1,662,621	1,617,730	1,578,581	1,531,224	411,988	1,108,299	411,988	1,108,299
Dublin 12	1,180,005	1,148,145	1,120,360	1,086,749	74,013	990,134	70,997	993,150
Dublin North East	1,294,199	1,259,256	1,228,782	988,234	422,251	594,836	422,251	594,836
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	975,475	949,137	926,167	898,382	94,676	786,755	94,676	786,755
Finglas Cabra	986,452	959,818	936,590	908,492	263,277	627,960	263,277	627,960
North Inner City	2,495,777	2,428,391	2,369,624	2,298,535	576,956	1,652,623	494,856	1,734,723
South Inner City	2,276,911	2,215,434	2,161,821	2,096,966	255,720	1,788,337	176,043	1,868,014
Tallaght	1,316,913	1,281,356	1,250,347	1,262,837	452,712	782,240	341,438	893,514
Total	20,947,601	20,382,016	20,003,720	19,299,924	5,125,444	13,823,981	4,433,814	14,515,611
RDATFs	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 DOH	2014 HSE	2015 DOH	2015 HSE
East Coast	896,933	872,716	851,596	584,227	58,200	508,500	58,200	508,500
Midlands	1,576,095	870,581	849,513	824,028	307,810	491,497	136,816	662,491
Mid-West	894,739	1,533,540	1,496,428	1,451,535	147,982	1,260,007	147,982	1,260,007
North East	1,038,588	1,010,546	986,091	956,508	0	927,813	0	927,813
North West	806,369	784,597	765,610	742,642	272,485	447,878	258,633	461,730
North Dublin	870,066	846,574	826,087	801,304	456,080	321,184	309,778	467,486
South East	1,193,005	1,160,794	1,132,703	1,098,722	0	1,065,760	0	1,065,760
South West	894,750	870,592	849,524	824,038	102,820	696,497	102,820	696,497
Southern	1,089,369	1,059,956	1,034,305	1,003,276	0	973,178	0	973,178
Western	740,085	720,104	702,677	681,597	136,994	524,155	136,994	524,155
Total	9,999,999	9,730,000	9,494,534	8,967,877	1,482,371	7,216,469	1,151,223	7,547,617

The reduction in the Department of Health allocation in 2014 and 2015 respectively reflects the fact that the 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

16 June 2015