The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
2010
Expenditure
€m
|
2011
Expenditure
€m
|
2012
Expenditure
€m
|
2013
Expenditure
€m
|
2014
Expenditure
€m
|
105,400
|
92,878
|
90,752
|
90,392
|
114,777
|
The decrease in expenditure in 2011 compared to 2010 arose due to savings, which were achieved as a result of the public service pay cut, HSE staffing redundancies and a reduction in funding to Voluntary and Community Agencies funded under service arrangements. The increase in the 2014 allocation is due to a transfer of €21.57m in funding from my Department's Vote to the HSE Vote in respect of Drug and Alcohol Task Force projects.
In addition, a range of other services in the HSE provide frontline interventions to clients with addiction issues. These include the Health & Wellbeing, Mental Health and Acute Hospital Services Divisions as well as the Emergency Departments, Primary Care Services and General Practitioners.