Local Drugs Task Forces

1840. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE Health Regions; whether Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivere…

1841. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; if deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by…

1842. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19243/26]

1843. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health if, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; that safeguards will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she wi…

797. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community development workers based at Blanchardstown Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force as of 20 February 2026, in tabular form. [16345/26]

1177. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the to the drugs task force in Kilkenny in each of the past five years; to provide an outline of the activity in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8605/26]

234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money allocated to the 24 local and regional drugs and alcohol taskforces in each year for the period 2000 –2025; and a breakdown of the annual funding allocated to each of the drugs and alcohol taskforces over the same period. [68179/25]

235. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money allocated to drug and alcohol services in each year 2000–2025; and for detailed information on the allocation of that funding by area/location. [68180/25]

241. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to indicate how the recent funding announcement of €1.89 million through the Community Service Enhancement Fund will be distributed, and whether it will be allocated to community-based drug area task forces or to the HSE directly. [24098/25]

435. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding given to Bray Drug and Alcohol Task Force from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23042/25]