asked the Minster for Health the amount of (a) State and (b) local authority expenditure on the sanatorium at Roscrea, County Tipperary during the past twelve years (i) for capital purposes and (ii) for running expenses; and the number of patients being treated at this sanatorium on 31st March in each of the past twelve years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Roscrea Sanatorium.
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As the information is in the form or a tabular statement, I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
CAPITAL and revenue expenditure on St. Cronan's Sanatorium Roscrea and number of patients in Sanatorium.
|
Financial Year |
Estimated expenditure by health authority on capital works(See Notes 1 and 2 beneath) |
Revenue expenditure(See note 3 beneath) |
Patients in Sanatorium on last day of financial year |
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|
Total |
Recouped from Exchequer |
Borne by Health Authority |
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|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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|
1952-53 |
— |
15,516 |
7,758 |
7,758 |
52 |
|
1953-54 |
— |
17,128 |
8,564 |
8,564 |
59 |
|
1954-55 |
2,963 |
17,216 |
8,608 |
8,608 |
60 |
|
1955-56 |
5,577 |
17,404 |
8,311 |
9,093 |
60 |
|
1956-57 |
1,700 |
17,010 |
8,108 |
8,902 |
60 |
|
1957-58 |
5 |
18,914 |
9,056 |
9,858 |
54 |
|
1958-59 |
1,114 |
18,191 |
8,714 |
9,477 |
43 |
|
1959-60 |
— |
16,890 |
7,979 |
8,911 |
55 |
|
1960-61 |
50 |
16,758 |
7,786 |
8,972 |
46 |
|
1961-62 |
312 |
18,946 |
8,915 |
10,031 |
47 |
|
1962-63 |
— |
17,843 |
8,433 |
9,410 |
31 |
|
1963-64 |
— |
17,408 |
8,237 |
9,171 |
26 |
NOTE 1: Capital works carried out at the Sanatorium were financed by way of loan and without assistance from Exchequer or Hospitals Trust Fund.
NOTE 2: Capital expenditure by the health authority on the Sanatorium and adjacent District Hospital during the past 12 financial years covered the provision of a central heating and hot water system for both hospitals and the erection of a common boiler-house and water softening plant. Separate figures are not available for the portion of the expenditure which related solely to the Sanatorium but the health authority have indicated that it would be reasonable to assume that about 50% of the outlay was referable to the Sanatorium. The information given in the table above regarding estimated capital expenditure by the health authority has been based on this assumption.
NOTE 3: The Exchequer recoups 50% of allowable revenue expenditure on recognised health services. The difference between the amounts shown in columns (4) and (5) of above table for certain years is accounted for by loan charges which are not recoupable by the Exchequer and which were borne by the health authority itself.