Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 8 Jun 2000

Vol. 520 No. 5

Written Answers. - General Practice Development Fund.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

146 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the projects to be developed with the £4 million allocated under the General Practice Development Fund; and to whom the funding has been allocated. [16331/00]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

A total of £4 millions was provided under the 2000 general practice development fund which was allocated as follows:

	GP Units	GP Services	Out of Hours	GPIT Training	VocationalTraining	Total
EHB	£370,000	£185,000		£65,000		£620,000
MHB	£130,000	£70,000		£20,000		£220,000
MWHB	£180,000	£85,000		£20,000		£285,000
NEHB	£235,000	£120,000		£20,000		£375,000
NWHB	£110,000	£60,000		£20,000		£190,000
SEHB	£220,000	£110,000	£250,000	£20,000	£45,000	£635,000
SHB	£175,000	£80,000		£35,000	£190,000	£480,000
WHB	£165,000	£110,000		£20,000		£295,000
Sub-Total						£3,100,000

Irish College of General Practitioners
Academic Practices	£50,000
Library	£20,000
National GPIT Directors and Support	£50,000
National GPIT: Development Officer	£40,000	£160,000
Irish Medical Organisation
Drugs Budgeting Promotion	£150,000	£150,000
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
ICGP Postgrad Resource Centre	£50,000	£50,000
St. James's Hospital
National Medicine Info Centre	£185,000
Centre for Pharmacoeconomics	£190,000
DUBDOC	75,000	£450,000
Mater Hospital
Healthlink	£65,000	£65,000
Beaumont Hospital
Direct Physiotherapy Services	£25,000	£25,000
Sub-Total		£900,000
Grand Total		£4 million

An additional £0.5 million revenue funding was provided in 2000 to finance out of hours initiatives in the North Eastern Health Board and eastern regional health authority area and a further £0.5 million revenue moneys were provided to assist, this year, with primary care initiatives under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness.