Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2012
586. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health in view of his recent claims that 70% of his Department's budget goes on pay, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of how much of his Departments Budget does goes on pay and if he will provide percentage figures for same. [44122/12]
View answerThe figure of 70% does not relate to my Department's budget - rather, it is an assessment of the percentage of expenditure on direct services (both hospital and community services) which relates to pay. In considering the split between pay and non-pay as set out in the Performance Reports for the Regions in the HSE, it must be noted that grant-aided service providers funded under Section 39 are reflected as non-pay grants, although the significant proportion of their spend would be employment costs.
As regards my Department, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume, some €55m of the net current expenditure provision relates to pay - this equates to 17.6% of the provision for my Department. This comprises the pay element of my Department's Administrative Budget, and the pay associated with the agencies under the aegis of my Department which are funded from Subhead's B and E.
