The cost of providing accommodation for the Northern Area Health Board, the South-Western Area Health Board and the East Coast Area Health Board amounted to €12.1 million. This cost covers a range of items including equipment, furnishings, architects and surveyors fees. The cost of refurbishing offices for the Eastern Regional Health Authority at Stewarts Hospital was €1.3 million.
A total of 88 additional posts were approved for the three area health boards at a cost of €3 million in 2000, the start-up year, and €3.7 million in a full year. A total of 55 posts were approved for the Eastern Regional Health Authority at a cost of €2.3 million in 2000 and €2.7 million in a full year.
It is understood from the authority that no management consultancy costs were incurred by them in regard to the setting up of the authority and area health boards.