asked the Minister for Health (a) the moneys expended by each of the statutory health boards in each of the past three years; (b) how much expenditure was provided for each year by Dáil Éireann by way of Supplementary Estimates; (c) how much income in each year was provided by other bodies, e.g. local authorities; and (d) what percentage of expenditure relates to administration and overheads in each of those years.
Written Answers. - Health Boards' Statistics.
675.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
|
Health Board |
Gross expenditure including capital expenditure |
Income from other bodies excluding Exchequer grants |
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|
1979 |
1980 |
1981* |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
|
|
£(M) |
£(M) |
£(M) |
£(M) |
£(M) |
£(M) |
|
|
Eastern |
89.484 |
117.858 |
144,591 |
0.861 |
1.194 |
1.284 |
|
Midland |
29.776 |
40.748 |
47.322 |
0.346 |
0.425 |
0.407 |
|
Mid-Western |
39.876 |
53.597 |
62.907 |
0.283 |
0.467 |
0.416 |
|
North Eastern |
30.774 |
40.408 |
48.192 |
0.464 |
0.641 |
0.631 |
|
North Western |
38.404 |
53.479 |
61.817 |
0.489 |
0.839 |
0.845 |
|
South Eastern |
49.046 |
69.958 |
80.035 |
0.533 |
0.687 |
0.677 |
|
Southern |
72.459 |
101.072 |
115.608 |
0.464 |
0.511 |
0.481 |
|
Western |
59.633 |
84.716 |
95.052 |
0.600 |
0.895 |
0.819 |
*Estimated pending production of final accounts.
Headquarters administrative costs and associated overheads represented about 0.9% of overall gross expenditure of health boards in each of the last three years.
The net amount of the Supplementary Estimates for the Department of Health in each of the years mentioned which may be attributed to the additional expenditure incurred by health boards over original allocations in each of the years mentioned is approximately as follows:
|
£(M) |
|
|
1979 |
49.6 |
|
1980 |
92.3 |
|
1981 |
61.6 |
676.
asked the Minister for Health the number employed by each health board for each of the past three years.
The numbers employed by each health board on 28 February in each of the past three years is as follows:
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
|
|
Eastern Health Board |
5,976 |
6,472 |
6,759 |
|
Midland Health Board |
3,155 |
3,282 |
3,412 |
|
Mid-Western Health Board |
3,781 |
3,812 |
3,948 |
|
North Eastern Health Board |
2,599 |
2,753 |
2,800 |
|
North Western Health Board |
3,332 |
3,434 |
3,691 |
|
South Eastern Health Board |
4,755 |
4,814 |
4,988 |
|
Southern Health Board |
7,377 |
7,618 |
7,986 |
|
Western Health Board |
5,796 |
5,873 |
6,056 |
|
Total |
36,771 |
38,058 |
39,640 |