Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 12 Feb 1970

Vol. 244 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Unified Health Authorities.

13.

Mr. Hogan

asked the Minister for Health the annual contribution over the past decade by his Department to the unified health authorities; and the corresponding total local contribution to these authorities for each of these years.

Mr. Childers

As the information requested is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:

Contribution from the Health Vote towards revenue expenditure of the Unified Health Authorities on Health Services in respect of each year from 1960-61 to 1969-70 inclusive and the corresponding local contribution

	Unified Health Authority
	Cork Health Authority	Dublin Health Authority	Limerick Health Authority Waterford Health Auth.
Year	Contribution from Health Vote	Local Contribution	Contribution from Health Vote	Local Contribution	Contribution from Health Vote	Local Contribution	Contribution from Health Vote	Local Contribution
1	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1960-61	1,017,201	1,017,201	2,110,285	2,110,285	407,910	407,910	294,024	294,024
1961-62	1,134,492	1,134,492	2,339,428	2,339,428	480,171	480,171	311,245	311,245
1962-63	1,273,588	1,273,588	2,664,033	2,664,033	515,558	515,558	341,225	341,225
1963-64	1,352,151	1,352,151	2,835,885	2,835,885	555,077	555,077	357,944	357,944
1964-65	1,669,042	1,669,042	3,468,934	3,468,934	667,943	667,943	431,763	431,763
1965-66	1,897,876	1,897,876	3,896,894	3,896,894	718,193	718,193	493,321	493,321
1966-67	2,292,034	1,897,876	4,793,468	3,896,894	943,266	718,193	598,699	493,321
1967-68	2,661,000	1,943,579	5,285,000	4,042,000	1,036,000	733,541	680,000	496,485
1968-69	2,941,483	2,219,013	6,000,000	4,945,369	1,122,291	816,036	773,064	592,773
1969-70(estimated)	3,667,000	2,766,300	7,208,800	5,970,000	1,394,000	1,013,600	903,400	692,700

NOTE: The figures for 1969-70 are based on the latest estimates received from the health authorities. The accounts for years prior to 1969-70, on which the figures in the statement are based, are in some cases, still subject to audit.