Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism was formed in June 2002 and the vast majority of the information sought by the Deputy precedes that date. Moreover, such information is held by Fáilte Ireland and accordingly, I have asked them to compile the information as best they can and to respond to the Deputy directly.

Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons directly employed by each of the local and regional taskforces; the amount of these salaries annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44697/09]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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In 2009, the number of persons employed in the Drugs Task Forces and receiving funding from my Department for drugs initiatives is 54. Some of these work in a part-time or job-sharing capacity and the cost of the salaries this year is in the region of €2.5m. Individual Task Force information is detailed below.

In some instances, the Task Forces employ the persons directly while in others, a Task Force project or other local organisation acts as a host employer for the Task Force staff.

For completeness I should add that the Co-ordinator of each Task Force is separately an employee of the HSE.