Responsibility for leading and co-ordinating national policy on drug and substance misuse has been reassigned between Government Departments on a number of occasions since 1997. Responsibility for this very important policy area was assumed by my Department on 1 May 2011.
The table below sets out funding allocated for community based drugs projects from the Drugs Initiative to Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces since 2010. Comparable information for the period prior to 2010 is not immediately available. I will arrange for this information to be collated by my Department and to furnish this to the Deputy as soon as possible.
LDATFs
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
Ballyfermot
|
1,533,826
|
1,492,413
|
1,569,489
|
1,522,404
|
461,150
|
255,446
|
Ballymun
|
1,243,552
|
1,209,976
|
1,180,695
|
1,145,274
|
632,817
|
422,958
|
Blanchardstown
|
1,184,200
|
1,152,227
|
1,124,343
|
1,090,613
|
179,305
|
179,305
|
Bray
|
1,656,849
|
1,612,114
|
1,573,101
|
1,525,908
|
573,860
|
573,860
|
Canal Communities
|
1,645,413
|
1,600,987
|
1,562,243
|
1,515,376
|
338,605
|
338,605
|
Clondalkin
|
1,495,408
|
1,455,032
|
1,421,577
|
1,428,930
|
388,114
|
388,114
|
Cork
|
1,662,621
|
1,617,730
|
1,578,581
|
1,531,224
|
411,988
|
411,988
|
Dublin 12
|
1,180,005
|
1,148,145
|
1,120,360
|
1,086,749
|
74,013
|
70,997
|
Dublin North East
|
1,294,199
|
1,259,256
|
1,228,782
|
988,234
|
422,251
|
422,251
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
975,475
|
949,137
|
926,167
|
898,382
|
94,676
|
94,676
|
Finglas Cabra
|
986,452
|
959,818
|
936,590
|
908,492
|
263,277
|
263,277
|
North Inner City
|
2,495,777
|
2,428,391
|
2,369,624
|
2,298,535
|
576,956
|
494,856
|
South Inner City
|
2,276,911
|
2,215,434
|
2,161,821
|
2,096,966
|
255,720
|
176,043
|
Tallaght
|
1,316,913
|
1,281,356
|
1,250,347
|
1,262,837
|
452,712
|
341,438
|
Total
|
20,947,601
|
20,382,016
|
20,003,720
|
19,299,924
|
5,125,444
|
4,433,814
|
The figures for 2014 and 2015 respectively reflect the fact that €13.82m in funding relating to Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force projects transferred from my Department to the HSE on 1 January 2014, with a further €692,000 transferring on 1 January 2015.