John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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185. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided to drug task forces in 2019; and the equivalent figures in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form. [2298/19]

Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following table outlines the funding allocated to Drug and Alcohol Task forces by the Department of Health and the HSE for the years 2015 to 2019.

The Deputy's attention is drawn to the fact that the HSE's allocation of approximately €22.394 million to Task Forces in 2018 does not include (a) one off funding of €0.25 million, announced in May 2018, to fund initiatives to strengthen the capacity of Task Forces to support the implementation of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery and (b) allocations to Task Forces by the HSE from the provision of €0.71 million in one off funding for priority projects and services in CHO areas in quarter 4 of 2018.