Rory O'Hanlon
Question:218 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on the health services from 1996 to date in 2001. [14901/01]
Written Answers. - Health Spending.
The gross expenditure amounts for the years requested were as follows:
|
Non-Capital |
Capital |
Total |
|
|
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
1996 |
2,506,926 |
119,818 |
2,626,744 |
|
1997 |
2,873,298 |
131,493 |
3,004,791 |
|
1998 |
3,181,794 |
147,250 |
3,329,044 |
|
1999 |
3,786,049 |
181,686 |
3,967,735 |
|
2000 |
4,418,502 |
231,500 |
4,650,002 |
|
2001 (Estimated) |
5,375,165 |
270,800 |
5,645,965 |
The figures quoted are exclusive of payments made under sections 10 and 11 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act, 1997.
Rory O'Hanlon
Question:219 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding spent on administration, hospitals, acute and longstay, and community care nationally and in the North-Eastern Health Board region in the last year for which figures are available. [14902/01]
The information requested by the Deputy is shown in the following table, and all amounts are in respect of the year 2000:
|
Category |
North-Eastern Health Board |
Nationally |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Administration |
15,809,565 |
89,804,000 |
|
Acute Hospitals (Note 1) |
107,536,340 |
1,856,516,000 |
|
Longstay Hospitals (Note 2) |
20,300,243 |
143,722,000 |
|
Community Care (Note 3) |
116,617,401 |
1,343,010,000 |
Note 1: For the purposes of this reply the term "General Hospital Programme" as indicated on page 9 of the accounts of the North-Eastern Health Board is interpreted as acute hospitals. To arrive at a comparative figure on a national basis the following categories were included from the Revised Estimates Volume for 2001, services in regional hospitals, public voluntary hospitals, health board county hospitals and district hospitals.
Note 2: For the purposes of this reply the term "Special Hospital Programme" as indicated on page 9 of the accounts of the North-Eastern Health Board is interpreted as long stay care.
Note 3: To arrive at a comparative figure on a national basis the following categories were included from the Revised Estimates Volume for 2001, community protection programme, community health services programme and the community welfare programme and care in day centres for the intellectually disabled.