andMr. Boland asked the Minister for Health the amount and the percentage of their total funds received from sources other than Exchequer sources by each of the following, and the source of those funds (a) the Health Boards, (b) General Medical Services (Payments) Board, (c) Dublin Dental Hospital Board, (d) St. Luke's Hospital, (e) National Rehabilitation Board, (f) St. Laurence's Hospital Board, (g) the Board for the Employment of the Blind, (h) the Dublin Rheumatism Clinic, (i) James Connolly Memorial Hospital Board, (j) St. James's Hospital Board, and (k) Beaumont Hospital Board.
Written Answers. - Health Board Bodies' Finances.
217.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The figures may be subject to some adjustment when audited accounts are available for 1978.
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
Body |
Amount of funds received in 1978 from sources other than the Exchequer |
The figures in Col. 2 expressed as a percentage of total funds |
Source of funds specified in Col. 2 |
|
£m. |
% |
||
|
Health Boards |
14.00 |
5.07 |
Receipts from patients. Grants from EEC Social Fund. Proceeds of sales etc. |
|
General Medical Services (Payments) Board |
0.120 |
0.03 |
Rebates received from manufacturers of drugs. |
|
Dublin Dental Hospital Board |
0.040 |
4.08 |
Receipts from patients and student fees. |
|
St. Luke's Hospital |
0.140 |
7.40 |
Receipts from patients. |
|
National Rehabilitation Board |
0.650 |
39.88 |
Grants from EEC Social Fund. Sales of hearing aids and student fees. |
|
St. Laurence's Hospital |
0.550 |
8.79 |
Receipts from patients. |
|
Board for the Employment of the Blind |
0.340 |
70.10 |
Sales of products. |
|
Dublin Rheumatism Clinic |
0.005 |
11.92 |
Receipts from patients. |
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital Board |
0.120 |
3.43 |
Receipts from patients. |
|
St. James's Hospital Board |
0.300 |
3.32 |
Receipts from patients. |
|
Beaumont Hospital Board |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
218.
andMr. Boland asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the following bodies, which are wholly State financed, (a) the National Health Council, (b) Comhairle na nOspidéal, (c) National Drugs Advisory Board, (d) Council for Post-Graduate Medical and Dental Education, (e) Health Education Bureau, (f) Comhairle na Nimheanna, (g) National Social Service Council, (h) Hospitals Trust Board, (i) Cork Regional Hospital Board, (j) Dublin Regional Hospital Board and (k) Galway Regional Hospital Board, he will state in respect of each body, (1) the amount of State finance received by it in 1978 and the amount proposed for 1979, (2) if he as Minister is fully answerable to the Dáil for all their activities or, if not, the manner in which these bodies are answerable to the Dáil, (3) if they are obliged to publish an annual report and, if so, why this is not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, (4) if the same controls apply regarding the appointment of additional staff as apply to the Department itself or, if not, why and (5) the authority for the establishment of these bodies.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
1. Statutory authority for the establishment of the following bodies; the amount of State finance received by each of the bodies in 1978 and the amount proposed for 1979.
|
Amount of State finance received in 1978 |
Amount proposed for 1979 |
Statutory Authority for establishment |
|
|
£ |
£ |
||
|
(a) National Health Council |
1,331 |
1,400 |
Section 98 of the Health Act, 1947 (Establishment Order S.I. No 81 of 1948) |
|
(b) Comhairle Na nOspidéal |
105,000 |
130,000 |
Section 41 of the Health Act 1970. Health (Hospital Bodies) Regulations, 1972 (S.I. No. 164 of 1972) |
|
(c) National Drugs Advisory Board |
160,000 |
185,000 |
Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 (Establishment Order S.I. No. 163 of 1966) |
|
(d) Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education |
80,250 |
90,000 |
Non-Statutory |
|
(e) Health Education Bureau |
1,000,000 |
1,250,000 |
Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 (Establishment Order S.I. No. 22 of 1975) |
|
(f) Comhairle na Nimheanna |
133 |
150 |
Sections 2 & 7 of the Poisons Act, 1961 (Establishment Order S.I. No. 44 of 1962) |
|
(g) National Social Service Council |
181,043 |
210,000 |
Non-statutory |
|
(h) Hospitals Trust Board |
Nil |
Nil |
Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1938 |
|
(i) Cork Regional Hospital Board |
Nil |
||
|
(j) Dublin Regional Hospital Board |
Nil |
(included under Comhairle na nOspidéal) |
Section 41 of the Health Act, 1970 Health (Hospital Bodies) Regulations, 1972 (S.I. No. 164 of 1972 |
|
(k) Galway Regional Hospital Board |
Nil |
2. Accountability to Dáil
In the case of the statutory bodies the extent of their accountability to the Minister and the Dáil is set out in the respective Establishment Orders. The non-statutory bodies mentioned are funded from the Health Vote and the Minister is answerable to the Dáil for their activities.
3. Obligation to publish an annual report
There is no statutory obligation on any of the bodies mentioned to publish an annual report. In the case of the National Health Council, however, the legislation states that it may present an annual report to the Minister and that the Minister shall publish the report with such comments (if any) as he thinks fit. (Section 41 of the Health Act, 1953).
4. Controls regarding the appointment of additional staff
The appointment of additional staff to the Department is subject to control by the Minister for the Public Service. Similar controls as respects the bodies listed are exercised by the Minister for Health.