Vol. 563 No. 5
193 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the total amount of funding provided by his Department to each of the health boards for both orthodontic and general dental services for each year from 1997 to 2002, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8438/03]
The following table indicates the total additional ongoing funding provided to each of the health boards for primary dental and orthodontic services for each year from 1998 to 2002. The corresponding figures for 1997 are not available.
Health Board
|
Year |
Area of Funding |
ERHA |
MHB |
MWHB |
NEHB |
NWHB |
SEHB |
SHB |
WHB |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
||
|
1998 |
Primary Dental |
0.241 |
0.419 |
0.317 |
0.317 |
0.267 |
0.562 |
0.521 |
0.394 |
|
Orthodontic |
0.063 |
0.089 |
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|
1999 |
Primary Dental |
1.696 |
0.368 |
0.711 |
0.546 |
0.584 |
0.521 |
0.648 |
0.800 |
|
Orthodontic |
0.317 |
0.089 |
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|
2000 |
Primary Dental |
4.870 |
1.289 |
1.898 |
2.091 |
1.370 |
2.578 |
2.966 |
2.165 |
|
Orthodontic |
0.381 |
0.127 |
0.127 |
0.381 |
0.190 |
0.127 |
0.317 |
0.190 |
|
|
2001 |
Primary Dental |
2.081 |
0.401 |
0.568 |
0.669 |
0.535 |
0.802 |
1.006 |
0.837 |
|
Orthodontic |
2.971 |
0.241 |
0.576 |
0.559 |
0.273 |
0.190 |
1.318 |
0.629 |
|
|
2002 |
Primary Dental |
2.655 |
0.370 |
0.524 |
0.555 |
0.493 |
0.740 |
0.925 |
0.771 |
|
Orthodontic |
0.662 |
0.134 |
0.068 |
0.068 |
