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Drug Task Forces

Local Drugs Task Forces were established in Ireland following the report of the Ministerial Task Force on Measures to Reduce the Demand for Drugs (1996). There are 14 Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, 12 in Dublin, one in Cork and one in Bray. There are also 10 Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Task Forces include representatives from statutory agencies, the voluntary sector, local communities and public representatives.

Drug and Alcohol Task Force areas:

  • Ballymun Local Drugs Taskforce
  • Ballyfermot Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  • Blanchardstown Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force
  • Bray Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  • Clondalkin Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  • Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force
  • Dublin 12 Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force
  • Dublin North East Drugs & Alcohol Task Force
  • Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Drugs Taskforce
  • ECRDATF East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force – Wicklow and South Dublin
  • Finglas/Cabra Local Drug and Alcohol Task force
  • Mid-West Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force - Counties Clare and Limerick, and North Tipperary
  • Midland Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force - Counties Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath
  • North Dublin Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force - North Dublin city and county, including the five LDTF areas within these boundaries
  • North Eastern Regional Drug and Alcohol Taskforce - Counties Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan
  • North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force
  • Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force - Counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo, and north-west Cavan
  • South East Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force - Counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford, and South Tipperary,
  • South Western Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force - South-west Dublin, west Wicklow and County Kildare, including the six LDTF areas within these boundaries
  • Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force - Counties Cork and Kerry, including the Cork LDTF area
  • Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  • Western Region Drugs & Alcohol Task Force - Counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon

Drug Task Force websites

Report on the review of drugs task forces, 2012