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Drugs Task Forces

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 March 2012

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Questions (173, 174)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Question:

176 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of interim funded drugs task force projects administered through the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee and City of Dublin Youth Service Board; if he will provide details on the amount of funding provided to each project in each of the years from 2006 to date in 2012; if he will confirm that payments were made in 2012 to City of Dublin VEC and to the drugs task force project for which those funds were approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14432/12]

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Maureen O'Sullivan

Question:

177 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that requiring CDYSB to sign off a verification of 2011 expenditure in order to receive funding would mean the CDYSB would require more resources for administrative costs; if funding is then refused because verification is not signed off, eight local drugs task force projects in the Dublin city area will be affected and the organisation (details supplied) will be danger of closing in two weeks if funding is not resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14433/12]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together.

Funding allocated to interim Drugs Task Force projects is channelled through designated agencies including the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee (CDVEC) and the City of Dublin Youth Services Board (CDYSB). All designated agencies were asked to confirm the actual amount of funding disbursed to Drugs Task Force projects during 2011. In line with Government accounting rules, savings arising at the end of 2011 must be taken into account in calculating the overall payments to projects in the current year. However, this process has not resulted in any delays in the transfer of funding to designated agencies. The accountability arrangements in relation to Drugs Task Force projects funded through the CDYSB have been finalised and payment of the first quarter of the 2012 allocation has issued to interim funded projects in the relevant Local Drugs Task Force areas. It is expected that the funding will be in the bank account of the project referred to by the Deputy on Wednesday, 14 March.

Details of the funding provided to projects channelled through CDYSB and CDVEC from 2007 to date are listed in the table below. There was no funding provided to either agency in 2006 for interim funded projects.

Payments to City of Dublin Youth Services Board

Task Force

Project Name

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 (Jan-June)

Ballyfermot

CEOL Project

15,744

16,122

16,122

0

0

0

Ballyfermot

The BASE

32,500

67,471

42,471

57,314

55,766

27,208

Ballymun

Best SCP Early Birds Club

119,420

125,934

67,266

121,649

121,649

60,824

Ballymun

Expansion of After School Clubs

27,486

29,146

26,689

28,886

0

0

Ballymun

Drugs Education Project

50,000

56,567

56,134

55,225

56,568

28,284

Ballymun

Outfit Programme — BRYR

26,266

63,026

63,026

63,026

126,159

93,761

Ballymun

Mentoring Support Programme

13,933

15,283

15,284

14,534

14,534

7,267

Ballymun

Fourth Aisling Project

0

50,000

50,000

48,335

51,690

25,845

Canal Communities

Community Capacity Support Grants Scheme

0

0

0

44,718

13,500

0

Canal Communities

Skills based Co-ordinator

70,558

71,978

59,724

66,905

65,098

31,761

Canal Communities

Youth Worker

50,238

58,858

56,317

0

40,227

26,213

Canal Communities

YEAH Project

37,833

76,313

51,609

68,656

68,766

33,551

Dublin 12

Crumlin Community Youth Band

9,573

9,803

8,202

8,512

8,459

3,502

Dublin 13

Support for the activities of Club ’98

4,639

4,750

4,492

2,062

0

0

Dublin 12

Youth Club Lower Crumlin

68,048

58,385

66,034

57,914

57,366

28,068

Dublin 12

Early School Leaving Initiative

21,893

36,500

11,209

19,462

19,300

9,150

Dublin 13

Establishment of an Education/Bursary Scheme

43,676

44,723

22,362

20,044

0

0

Dublin North East

Prevention Education

112,730

115,946

90,832

108,488

135,000

67,500

Dublin North East

MIC Project

191,340

199,517

131,512

172,738

192,738

93,960

Dublin North East

Traveller Support Group

46,737

48,648

24,324

44,238

70,000

34,125

Finglas Cabra

Contribute to new Counselling Service

60,508

55,500

60,500

47,500

50,000

25,000

Finglas Cabra

After School Project Drug Prevention Initiative Fund

50,297

56,504

51,504

51,504

50,000

25,000

Finglas Cabra

Coláiste Eoin Equine Prog

0

0

4,699

0

0

0

North Inner City

Summerhill Comm. Yth DG — HOPE

39,989

24,134

25,258

43,169

42,003

20,581

North Inner City

Step by Step

0

24,500

0

0

202,327

118,959

North Inner City

IADP-Community Participation

100,778

110,708

102,248

92,400

83,400

40,358

North Inner City

Macro Step by Step

42,380

45,098

44,091

40,447

40,447

0

North Inner City

IADP Annie Kelly Education Bur

22,937

23,487

23,951

22,700

30,000

14,250

North Inner City

Belong to Youth Project

25,869

55,417

51,802

50,294

50,294

24,644

South Inner City

Westland Row CBS After-school Project

10,706

10,971

10,995

9,728

9,728

4,864

South Inner City

Whitefriar Aikido Club Juniors

3,761

3,851

3,665

3,242

3,240

1,620

South Inner City

School St and Thomas Court Bawn FRC

0

0

0

0

50,134

25,067

Total

1,299,839

1,559,140

1,242,322

1,363,689

1,708,394

871,362

Payments to City of Dublin VEC

Task Force

Project Name

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 (Jan-June)

Finglas Cabra

Coláiste Eoin Equine Prog

0

0

0

10,000

10,000

5,000

Ballyfermot

Matt Talbot Community Trust

0

0

0

0

116,000

56,596

Total

0

0

0

10,000

126,000

61,596

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