Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Department of Health
National Drugs Strategy Budget
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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636. To ask the Minister for Health the details of drug-related public expenditure for each year from 2012. [13556/16]
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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759. To ask the Minister for Health the details of drug-related public expenditure for each year from 2012. [13549/16]
Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 636 and 759 together.
The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a coordinated response to tackling the drugs problem. The Oversight Forum on Drugs, which I chair, is responsible for the high-level monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy across Government departments and agencies.
In line with the National Drugs Strategy, departments and agencies report on their annual expenditure attributable to drugs programmes to the Oversight Forum on Drugs. Details of the expenditure from 2012 to 2014, as well as the allocation for 2015, is outlined in the following table.
Department/Agency | 2012 Expenditure (€m) | 2013 Expenditure (€m) | 2014 Expenditure (€m) | 2015 Allocation (€m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HSE Addiction Services | 89.368 | 90.392 | 86.122 | 86.279 |
HSE Community Based Drugs Initiatives | 0 | 0 | 21.570 | 22.593 |
An Garda Síochána | 45.850 | 44.000 | 43.000 | 43.000 |
D/Children & Youth Affairs | 22.730 | 20.310 | 19.548 | 19.548 |
D/Justice & Equality | 18.580 | 18.553 | 18.762 | 18.928 |
Revenue Customs Service | 14.241 | 14.624 | 16.235 | 16.235 |
D/Social Protection (former FÁS area) | 11.859 | 13.434 | 14.063 | 13.702 |
D/Health | 32.376 | 30.524 | 8.280 | 7.350 |
Irish Prison Service | 5.000 | 4.500 | 4.200 | 4.285 |
D/Education & Skills | 0.815 | 0.810 | 0.748 | 0.746 |
D/Environment, Community & Local Government | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 241.019 | 237.147 | 232.528 | 232.666 |
The Deputy is advised that the increase in HSE Community Based Drugs Initiatives and the corresponding reduction in the Department of Health allocations in the years 2014 and 2015, reflect the fact that the Department transferred €21.57m in funding to the HSE on 1st January 2014, with a further €1.02m transferring on 1st January 2015.
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