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Drugs Saving Scheme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

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Michael Ring

Question:

861 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding which was paid, on a county basis and on an individual basis, through the saving drugs scheme by which doctors saved money on drugs; the amount paid to doctors through this scheme; the health centres built in County Mayo from funding under this scheme; and the funding allocated from his Department for them. [22035/04]

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The indicative drugs target saving scheme is operated by the General Medical Services (Payments) Board whereby individual doctors can accrue savings on their indicative drugs budget to fund capital developments in their practices. The money is drawn down on application, with the support of the health board, from the general practitioners involved. The national distribution of payments under the scheme from the time of its commencement is set out on a county basis in tabular form as follows:

County

Amount paid from GP savings

Carlow

866,946

Cavan

1,191,695

Clare

2,439,633

Cork

9,566,826

Donegal

9,620,500

Dublin

18,867,368

Fermanagh

11,531

Galway

4,460,066

Kerry

3,274,138

Kildare

679,692

Kilkenny

1,271,250

Laois

677,511

Leitrim

2,232,230

Limerick

3,719,965

Longford

1,088,539

Louth

2,519,932

Mayo

6,002,893

Meath

2,450,963

Monaghan

737,643

Offaly

592,387

Roscommon

1,986,573

Sligo

2,558,230

Tipperary

1,923,209

Waterford

4,791,394

Westmeath

1,424,218

Wexford

3,067,881

Wicklow

2,133,409

TOTAL

90,156,620

Details of payments to doctors on an individual basis in respect of the drugs savings scheme will be sent to the Deputy.

The Western Health Board has been requested to provide information in respect of any allocations of funding from this source which have been used by the board for the development of health centres in County Mayo. This information will be forwarded to the Deputy on receipt.

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