Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2000

Vol. 522 No. 2

Written Answers. - Health Project Funding.

Enda Kenny

Question:

225 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Health and Children the total amount of money allocated by his Department, including money allocated to the North Eastern Health Board, to projects in County Louth under all headings for each year from 1997 to date; the details of each project to which money was allocated; the amount allocated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/00]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

My Department does not hold information on expenditure at the level of county. In view of the fact that the Department does not hold the information regarding counties, we have requested the chief executive officer of the North Eastern Health Board to contact the Deputy directly to furnish more information on moneys allocated to projects in County Louth. The North Eastern Health Board comprises counties Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. The following information outlines the allocations made to the North Eastern Health Board since 1997.

Revenue Expenditure

Allocations to the North-Eastern Health Board

Year	NEHB
1997	£137.476m
1998	£163.260m
1999	£205.660m
2000	£226.806m

In 1997 the health board took over the funding of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. Until 29 May 1997 the hospital was directly funded by the Department.

Capital ExpenditureThe total amount of capital funding made available by my Department to the North Eastern Health Board for the years 1997 to 1999 is shown in the table below:

Year	NEHB
1997	£13.010m
1998	£4.104m
1999	£6.708m
Total	£23.822m

It is not possible to give a precise breakdown of the figures by county as some of the payments made were for capital purposes generally and a distribution of these payments by county is not available in the Department.

Information Technology (IT) ExpenditureCapital IT payments made to the North Eastern Health Board from 1997-99 are as follows:

Year	Description	Amount
1997	Information Systems	£0.875m
1998	Information Systems	£0.675m
1999	Information Systems	£0.882m
Total		£2.432m

National LotteryThe following projects were funded in County Louth from national lottery funding since 1997. The agencies were paid directly by the Department's accounts section.

Lottery payments to North Eastern Health Board 1997-99

Year	Agency	Project	Amount
1997	Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust, Teach Eolais, Old Quay Lane, Carlingford, County Louth	To acquire a property in Carlingford.	£0.015m
Year	Agency	Project	Amount
1998	Alzheimer Society of Ireland, North Louth Branch, Dundalk, County Louth	Towards the cost of building a day care centre	£0.020m
1999	Order of Malta Enterprises, Drogheda, County Louth	Towards the cost of transferring the training unit to the town centre and the building of residential units for mentally and physically disabled young adults.	£0.075m
Total			£0.110m