Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2020
611. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the projected additional spend on Covid-19 in the health service in 2020; the spend to date; the breakdown of the figures by the amount spent on additional staff and on testing, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/20]
View answerThe projected 2020 spend on COVID-19 measures in the health service is €2,511.5m.
This reflects the increase in the Health Vote over the original December 2019 estimate of €17,901m, comprised of €1,997m (June 2020 REV) and €514.5m (Dec 2020 Supplementary). All of this is related to COVID responses.
COVID-19 expenditure to end of October 2020 is €2,034m. This figure as reported by the HSE includes circa €182m related to Testing & Contact Tracing and €168m in relation to pay.
