Written answers
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Department of Health
Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding provided each year, since 2010, to each of the local and regional drugs task forces. [7862/15]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
In line with the National Drugs Strategy, my Department administers a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. The budget allocation for the twenty four Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for each of the years referred to by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| LDATFs | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyfermot | 1,533,826 | 1,492,413 | 1,569,489 | 1,522,404 | 461,150 | 255,466 |
| Ballymun | 1,243,552 | 1,209,976 | 1,180,695 | 1,145,274 | 632,817 | 422,958 |
| Blanchardstown | 1,184,200 | 1,152,227 | 1,124,343 | 1,090,613 | 179,305 | 179,305 |
| Bray | 1,656,849 | 1,612,114 | 1,573,101 | 1,525,908 | 573,860 | 573,860 |
| Canal Communities | 1,645,413 | 1,600,987 | 1,562,243 | 1,515,376 | 338,605 | 338,605 |
| Clondalkin | 1,495,408 | 1,455,032 | 1,421,577 | 1,428,930 | 388,114 | 388,114 |
| Cork | 1,622,621 | 1,617,730 | 1,578,581 | 1,531,224 | 411,988 | 411,988 |
| Dublin 12 | 1,180,005 | 1,148,145 | 1,120,360 | 1,086,749 | 74,013 | 70,997 |
| Dublin North East | 1,294,199 | 1,259,256 | 1,228,782 | 988,234 | 422,251 | 422,251 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 975,475 | 949,137 | 926,167 | 898,382 | 94,676 | 94,676 |
| Finglas Cabra | 986,452 | 959,818 | 936,590 | 908,492 | 263,277 | 263,277 |
| North Inner City | 2,495,777 | 2,428,391 | 2,369,624 | 2,298,535 | 576,956 | 494,856 |
| South Inner City | 2,276,911 | 2,215,434 | 2,161,821 | 2,096,966 | 255,720 | 176,043 |
| Tallaght | 1,316,913 | 1,281,356 | 1,250,347 | 1,262,837 | 452,712 | 341,438 |
| RDATFs | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| East Coast | 896,933 | 872,716 | 851,596 | 584,227 | 58,200 | 58,200 |
| Midlands | 1,576,095 | 870,581 | 849,513 | 824,028 | 307,810 | 136,816 |
| Mid-West | 894,739 | 1,533,540 | 1,496,428 | 1,451,535 | 147,982 | 147,982 |
| North East | 1,038,588 | 1,010,546 | 986,091 | 956,508 | 0 | 0 |
| North West | 806,369 | 784,597 | 765,610 | 742,642 | 272,485 | 258,633 |
| North Dublin | 870,066 | 846,574 | 826,087 | 801,304 | 456,080 | 309,778 |
| South East | 1,193,005 | 1,160,794 | 1,132,703 | 1,098,722 | 0 | 0 |
| South West | 894,750 | 870,592 | 849,524 | 824,038 | 102,820 | 102,820 |
| Southern | 1,089,369 | 1,059,956 | 1,034,305 | 1,003,276 | 0 | 0 |
| Western | 740,085 | 720,104 | 702,677 | 681,597 | 136,994 | 136,994 |
The reduction in the allocation in 2014 and 2015 respectively reflects the fact that my Department transferred €21.04m in funding relating to Drug and Alcohol Task Force projects to the HSE on 1st January 2014, with a further €1.02m transferring on 1 January 2015.
No comments