Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money allocated to the dial to stop drug dealing programme in 2009; the locations at which this money will be spent; if funding will be extended into 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6517/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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An indicative allocation in the amount of €300,000 has been approved under the Dormant Accounts Fund for the final two phases of the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign in 2009.

The campaign will be run in a number of Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas and I expect to have Government approval shortly on the specific proposals involved. These two phases of the campaign will follow on from the earlier phase which was successfully run in 2008 with funding provided by my Department (€100,000) and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (€50,000).

With regard to any future funding, as the Dormant Accounts funding is once-off in nature, the €300,000 referred to above is the total that will be allocated. As the allocation for funding for drugs initiatives in my Department in 2009 is fully committed, I regret that there is no scope, at present, for further campaigns. Neither do I envisage any additional campaigns in 2010.

The Deputy should note that the confidential number used in the campaign is open for all to use, regardless of which area they come from. This was highlighted during the national launch.