Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to the south-western regional task force in the past three years; the amount of this funding allocated to south-west Dublin; the amount allocated to Kildare North; the amount allocated to Kildare South; and the amount allocated to west Wicklow. [41642/09]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of projects carried out by the regional task forces in the various towns in Kildare South in the past three years; the amount of finance allocated to this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41641/09]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 and 101 together.

Funding for community groups from my Department for drugs initiatives in Co. Kildare is channelled through the South Western Area Regional Drugs Task Force (SWRDTF). The amount of funding allocated to SWRDTF in the past three years is as follows:

The SWRDTF covers South Dublin City, South Dublin, Kildare and West Wicklow. The projects that cover these areas and their funding are as follows:

The Drug Prevention Education Initiative project consists of salary and administration costs and the service is provided throughout the SWRDTF region. The Abbey Regional Addiction Service and the HALO Under 18s Treatment Response projects also consist of salary and administration costs providing services in North and South Kildare and West Wicklow. As these projects consist of salary and administration costs the funding is not amenable to further geographical breakdown.

With regard to the Innovation Fund and Counselling Support Fund the breakdown is as follows:

Innovation Fund

Counselling Support Fund

The SWRDTF also received funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund substance misuse measure as follows:

The SWRDTF has also been allocated Capital Premises Funding over the last three years as follows:

€80,000 was also awarded to the SWRDTF in 2008 to carry out research in the SWRDTF region.

Some of the funding provided by Local Drugs Task Forces also provides benefit broadly across their region of operation, including Co. Kildare. In addition, a sum in the region of €170,000 has been made available in 2008 to Teen Challenge, a rehabilitation project at Shechem House, Richardstown, Co. Kildare, arising from applications through the South Inner City LDTF in Dublin.