[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.
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