asked the Minister for Health the amount made available to the health services by the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes in 1977; and the same figure expressed as a percentage of total public expenditure on health in 1977.
Written Answers. - Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes.
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The total amount paid over to the Hospitals Trust Fund from sweepstakes sources in the year ending 31 December 1977 was £2,188,000. This represents 0.6 per cent of total public capital and non-capital health expenditure in 1977.