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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 December 2012

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Questions (277)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the underlying workings in support of the €60 million savings on Department vote in his Department's 2013 budget; and if he will set out the way such savings estimates were validated by his Department. [57391/12]

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Written answers

The adjustments to the Department of Health Vote, Vote 38, are set out in the Budget book published recently and available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

The Department of Health Vote is being reduced by €90m. This arises from a range of measures. Even allowing for additional expenditure related to the EU Presidency, there will be a reduction in the Department’s Administrative Budget. There will be savings on the National Treatment Purchase Fund and €25m of its budget will be transferred to the HSE for use in an Intervention Fund. There will also be a range of further reductions, including a reduction in funding to health agencies.

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