Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 Oct 2001

Vol. 542 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Budget.

Seymour Crawford

Question:

129 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the annual budget given to his Department for each of the past five years; the amount of funding spent on the restructuring or extension of Monaghan General Hospital in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24417/01]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

The funding made available to my Department in respect of the past five years is as follows:

Year	Capital	Capital	Revenue	Revenue
	£m	m	£m	m
1997	131.4	166.8	2,732.674	3,469.780
1998	147.2	186.9	3,101.101	3,937.586
1999	181.6	230.6	3,623.146	4,600.446
2000	231.5	293.9	4,222.992	5,362.094
2001	270.8	343.8	5,124.832	6,507.194

The figures for the years 1997 to 2000 represent the expenditure outturn for these years, while the 2001 figure represents the Estimate as published in the Revised Estimates.

As the allocation of capital funding to Monaghan General Hospital for the years in question was primarily a matter for the North Eastern Health Board, I have asked the chief executive officer of the board to furnish direct to you details of all such funding made available to the hospital.