Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Nov 1952

Vol. 134 No. 13

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Health Insurance Funds.

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the amount paid by national health insurance funds to each health authority during the year ending 31st March, 1952, for the maintenance and treatment of insured persons.

Dr. Ryan

I assume the Deputy's question relates to payments made by my Department by way of hospital benefit for insured persons who were patients in hospitals provided and maintained by public assistance authorities. As the information is not available for the year ended 31st March, 1952, I am giving, instead, details for the year ended 31st December, 1951. Being in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have the statement included in the Official Report. It should be noted that the payments by my Department are made directly to the hospitals in which the insured persons were maintained and treated. The amount shown in the statement in respect of each authority is, therefore, the aggregate of the amounts paid in the period to the hospitals under the control of that authority.

PAYMENTS in the year ended 31st December, 1951 in respect of insured persons in hospitals provided and maintained by public assistance authorities.

Public Assistance Authority	Amount
	£
Balrothery	Nil
Rathdown	Nil
Dublin County Borough	23,046
Carlow	1,411
Cavan	1,706
Clare	1,950
Cork (North)	4,393
Cork (South)	14,006
Cork (West)	2,051
Donegal	1,376
Galway	933
Kerry	4,403
Kildare	3,633
Kilkenny	4,652
Laoighis	2,744
Leitrim	425
Limerick County Borough	1,305
Limerick County	3,131
Longford	929
Louth	3,530
Mayo	1,842
Meath	3,392
Monaghan	2,029
Offaly	2,264
Roscommon	1,030
Sligo	1,899
Tipperary (North Riding)	3,457
Tipperary (South Riding)	5,251
Waterford	3,570
Westmeath	2,913
Wexford	4,760
Wicklow	2,246
TOTAL	110,277