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Health Services Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Questions (342)

Stephen Donnelly

Question:

342. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the €667 million capital expenditure in health in 2019, by project, in tabular form. [3928/19]

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The total capital funding for the public Health Services announced in Budget 2019 and published in the Estimates for Public Services 2019 is €667 million, an increase of €174 million (35%) over the capital funding provided in Budget 2018.

Description

€m

HSE Building, equipping and furnishing of health facilities

567.000

HSE Information Communication Technology and implementing the eHealth Strategy

85.000

Smaller directly funded agencies under the aegis of my Department, including €10 million for HRB research

14.527

Information Communication Technology within my Department

0.473

Total Capital allocation for 2019:

667.000

Following the publication of the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2019, the Executive is currently developing its Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan for 2019 will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 having regard to the available capital funding, the number of large national capital projects currently underway and the relevant priority of each project.

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