Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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623. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional funding provided in budget 2022 for an integrated community response to alcohol for the north inner city of Dublin, in tabular form. [58761/21]

Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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In Budget 2022, an additional €6m was provided for new health measures to support the implementation of the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery. This includes €0.49 million to establish a clinical community response to alcohol service in Dublin north city and county. A further €0.18 million is being provided for a tier three community alcohol service in Dublin north inner city.

The Department of Health has published a factsheet on the additional funding in Budget 2022 which can be found at www.gov.ie/en/publication/001fc-budget-2022-factsheet/. This includes a summary of the new health measures in tabular format.

The HSE National Service Plan 2022 will provide details on the allocation of the new funding.

I believe this new funding will strengthen the health-led approach to drug and alcohol use as set out in the Programme for Government and support the strategic priorities for 2021-2025 under the national drugs strategy, which I recently announced.

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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624. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time to see a doctor from the initial call for SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58762/21]

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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625. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a phone call from the nurse in SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58763/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 and 625 together.

The average wait times to see a doctor, and for a phone call from the nurse, for SouthDoc in Cork city are detailed below: