Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 2 Oct 1996

Vol. 469 No. 3

Written Answers. - Provisions for the Mentally Handicapped.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Ceist:

47 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the total amount of financial provisions made by each health board in respect of mentally handicapped persons, either directly or through grant aid to the voluntary bodies, in each of the years from 1992 to 1996. [17322/96]

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

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to services for persons with a mental handicap in each health board area in the years 1992 to 1995 is as follows:

1992

£m

	East	Mid- land	Mid- West	North- East	North- West	South- East	South	West	Total
Services direct funded by HB	9.73	3.88	2.28	2.73	6.45	4.68	5.32	6.55	41.62
Bodies grant-aided by HB	7.38	1.06	0.34	1.71	1.18	2.51	3.51	6.53	24.22
All HB funding	17.11	4.94	2.62	4.44	7.63	7.19	8.83	13.08	65.84

1993

£m

	East	Mid- land	Mid- West	North- East	North- West	South- East	South	West	Total
Services direct funded by HB	12.3	4.22	2.79	3.46	6.81	4.91	5.5	6.5	46.49
Bodies grant-aided by HB	9.15	1.26	0.11	2.13	1.29	2.6	3.8	6.35	26.69
All HB funding	21.45	5.48	2.9	5.59	8.1	7.51	9.3	12.85	73.18

1994

£m

	East	Mid- land	Mid- West	North- East	North- West	South- East	South	West	Total
Services direct funded by HB	11.6	5.8	2.96	3.05	6.75	6.24	6.09	5.95	48.44
Bodies grant-aided by HB	11.98	1.45	0.2	2.14	0.98	2.82	4.14	7.5	31.21
All HB funding	23.58	7.25	3.16	5.19	7.73	9.06	10.23	13.45	79.65

1995

£m

	East	Mid- land	Mid- West	North- East	North- West	South- East	South	West	Total
Services direct funded by HB	12.24	5.39	2.79	3.81	7.07	6.61	6.41	5.18	49.5
Bodies grant-aided by HB	14.83	1.86	0.41	2.91	1.16	3.02	2.43	8.02	34.64
All HB funding	27.07	7.25	3.2	6.72	8.23	9.63	8.84	13.2	84.14

In addition to the information outlined above, the following financial provision was also made for services to persons with a mental handicap in the same period.

Other

£m

Year (All Health Boards)	1992	1993	1994	1995
Voluntary Agencies funded direct by Department	91.8	104.64	114.19	124.07
Total paid for disabled person's maintenance allowance (1)	32.48	35.52	39.26	*29.66
Total paid for DCA (2)	3.95	3.78	4.89	5.32
Total	128.23	143.94	158.34	159.05

*This figure does not reflect full year costs as funding transferred to the Department of Social Welfare during 1995.

(1) DPMA = Disabled Person's Maintenance Allowance.

(2) DCA = Domiciliary Care Allowance.

The information for 1996 is being prepared and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.