Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expected timeframe for the launch of the dial to stop drug dealing non-Garda confidential freephone line by local authority area. [43487/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Dial-to-Stop Drug Dealing Campaign, which I launched in September, is being rolled in three phases through the Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces. As the geographical spread of the Drugs Task Forces does not necessarily replicate local authority areas, the campaigns are not being delivered on a local authority area basis. A breakdown of the areas covered by Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces is in Appendix 1.

The 5 campaigns in the first phase have been funded mainly by my Department and were rolled out in October and November in the Drugs Task Force areas listed below. For the Deputy's information, I have referenced them also by local authority area.

Dublin North East LDTF — in Dublin City Council area;

Tallaght LDTF — in South Dublin County Council area;

Blanchardstown LDTF — in Fingal County Council area;

South West RDTF — in South Dublin County Council, Kildare County Council and Wicklow County Council areas

North Inner City — in Dublin City Council area.

The second phase of the campaign is scheduled to run in mid January 2009 and will cover Southern RDTF, Southeast RDTF, Midwest RDTF, North Dublin City & County RDTF and Cork City LDTF.

The third and final phase, to run in April 2009, will involve East Coast RDTF, Midlands RDTF, Bray LDTF, Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown LDTF and Finglas / Cabra Local Drugs Task Force.

These will be supported from funding under the Dormant Accounts Fund while the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has also contributed to the development of the campaign.

Appendix 1

Local Drugs Task Force areas

Ballyfermot

Ballymun

Blanchardstown

Bray

Canal Communities

Clondalkin

Cork City

Dublin North East

Dublin 12

Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown

Finglas / Cabra

North Inner City

South Inner City

Tallaght

Regional Drugs Task Forces

East Coast RDTF — Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown and East Wicklow.

North Dublin City & County RDTF — North Dublin City and Fingal.

Southwest RDTF — South Dublin City, South Dublin, Kildare and West Wicklow.

Midland RDTF — Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois.

Midwest RDTF — Clare, North Tipperary and Limerick.

NorthEast RDTF — Monaghan, East Cavan, Meath and Louth.

Northwest RDTF — West Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim.

Southern RDTF — Cork County and Kerry Southeast RDTF — Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary South and Waterford.

Western RDTF — Mayo, Roscommon and Galway.

Phase 2 Mid January 2009

Southern Regional Drugs Task Force

South East Regional Drugs Task Force

Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force

North Dublin City & County Regional Drugs Task Force

Cork City Local Drugs Task

Force Phase 3 April 2009

East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force

Midlands Regional Drugs Task Force

Bray Local Drugs Task Force

Dun Laoghaire Local Drugs Task Force

Finglas / Cabra Local Drugs Task Force.