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.