Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 17 Oct 1995

Vol. 457 No. 1

Written Answers. - St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane.

Tom Moffatt

Ceist:

97 Dr. Moffatt asked the Minister for Health the discrete allocation that has been made to service for mentally handicapped in St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin, excluding the service given outside the campus, in each of the years from 1990 to date in 1995. [15019/95]

Minister of State at the Department of Health (Mr. O'Shea)

The information as requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Year	Mental Handicap Population on Hospital Campus	£m
1990	423	6.937
1991	413	8.146
1992	403	9.088
1993	389	9.867
1994	359	10.567
1995 (8 months)	359	7.448

I draw the Deputy's attention to the fact that as the number of people in residential care on the campus has been reduced in line with the development of alternative community facilities, there has been a significant improvement in theper capita expenditure for the remaining clients over the period 1990 to 1995.