Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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235. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced within Budget 2020 with specific reference to funding for the Alcohol Subgroup of the Canal Communities Regional Drug and the Alcohol Task Force. [31881/20]

Frank 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.

Task forces, including the Canal Communities Drug and Alcohol Task Force, will be invited to submit proposals under the scheme.

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.