The following figures have been supplied by the relevant health boards and authority:
Health Board or Authority
|
Average Subvention Payment per week
|
Number in Receipt of Subvention
|
|
€
|
|
South Eastern Health Board
|
200.15
|
900
|
North Eastern Health Board
|
282.56
|
474
|
North Western Health Board
|
198.12
|
512
|
Mid-Western Health Board
|
206.48
|
950
|
Midland Health Board
|
399.25
|
445
|
Western Health Board
|
231.46
|
1,324
|
Southern Health Board
|
297.00
|
980
|
Northern Area Health Board
|
307.95
|
529
|
South Western Area Health Board
|
284.00
|
472
|
East Coast Area Health Board
|
216.78
|
455
|
In the case of the Eastern Regional Health Authority — health boards, including the NAHB, SWAHB and ECAHB, the figures do not include the cost of patients that are accommodated in contract beds where the full cost of the bed is paid by the health board. The practice of buying contract beds has been discontinued in the ERHA area.