Written answers

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Department of Health

Alcohol Treatment Services

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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699. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation from budget 2021 for delivery of community action on alcohol; and when this funding will be made available [31494/20]

Photo of Frank FeighanFrank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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The national drugs, strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, provides an integrated public health approach to drugs and alcohol use.

The Department is developing a new education and prevention funding scheme which will be launched towards the end 2020. This scheme will include the use of evidence-based approaches to mobilising community action on alcohol.

I want to strengthen the delivery of substance use education across all sectors in order to prevent the use of drugs and alcohol at a young age and to increase awareness of the risks of drug and alcohol use.

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