In furtherance of the National Drugs Strategy, my Department administers a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. The budget allocation for the fourteen Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for each of the years referred to by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Task Force
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
Ballyfermot
|
1,492,413
|
1,569,489
|
1,522,404
|
461,150
|
Ballymun
|
1,209,976
|
1,180,695
|
1,145,274
|
632,817
|
Blanchardstown
|
1,152,227
|
1,124,343
|
1,090,613
|
179,305
|
Bray
|
1,612,114
|
1,573,101
|
1,525,908
|
573,860
|
Canal Communities
|
1,600,987
|
1,562,243
|
1,515,376
|
338,605
|
Clondalkin
|
1,455,032
|
1,421,577
|
1,428,930
|
388,114
|
Cork
|
1,617,730
|
1,578,581
|
1,531,224
|
411,988
|
Dublin 12
|
1,148,145
|
1,120,360
|
1,086,749
|
74,013
|
Dublin NE
|
1,259,256
|
1,228,782
|
988,234
|
422,251
|
Dun Laoghaire
|
949,137
|
926,167
|
898,382
|
94,676
|
Finglas Cabra
|
959,818
|
936,590
|
908,492
|
263,277
|
NIC
|
2,428,391
|
2,369,624
|
2,298,535
|
576,956
|
SIC
|
2,215,434
|
2,161,821
|
2,096,966
|
255,720
|
Tallaght
|
1,281,356
|
1,250,347
|
1,262,837
|
452,712
|
Total
|
20,382,016
|
20,003,720
|
19,299,924
|
5,125,444
|
In the region of €5.1m has been allocated to Local Drugs Task Force projects this year from the Drugs Initiative. The reduced allocation in 2014 reflects the fact that some €13.8m in funding related to Local Drugs Task Force projects was transferred to the HSE by my Department on 1st January 2014.
I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to details of any other funding allocated by the HSE to Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces between 2011 and 2014.