Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will increase the grant provided to an organisation (details supplied) from the Regional Drugs Task Force in view of the fact that the annual funding provided for 2008 for places under this scheme was used by August 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41703/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The project referred to by the Deputy is funded through the South Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force (SERDTF) and, in 2008, it was allocated funding of €182,282. The Task Force is responsible for the allocation of funding in line with its approved action plan and is charged with allocating funding in a manner, which it considers, will best address the needs in the region.

In this regard, it is a matter for the SERDTF to decide what projects are funded and the level of funding granted to projects from their overall budget. In this context, I am not in a position to provide any funding to the project outside of these processes.