1535. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to set out in a tabular form the funding provided by his Department and the HSE to each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [37345/23]

1740. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each drugs task force for each of the past five years; the population covered by each task force; his plans to increase core funding for the task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38338/23]

Minister of State at the Department of Health Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1535 and 1740 together.

The 2022 table of funding allocations for task forces is set out below. (Reliable information relating to previous years funding is not available to the Department.) This table does not include new development funding for strategic health initiatives (€1m) and the Community Services Enhancement Fund (€2m).

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