512. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in funding for local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces. [48661/26]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Minister for Health: My Department and the HSE provides in the region of €28m in funding to approximately 280 projects under the remit of the 24 drug and alcohol task forces that operate throughout the country in defined geographical areas.

To meet the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in funding for local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces an additional €2.8 million would be required.