Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 April 2004
65 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who work for the treatment purchase fund; and the amount the fund costs to manage in terms of wages, administration, publicity and so on. [10823/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe chief executive of the national treatment purchase fund informed my Department that it employs 16 people at present.
The provisional outturn for the fund in 2003 was €30.057 million. The figure includes €3.06 million for administration costs paid by the Department on behalf of the NTPF. It includes €0.81 million for staff costs and €1.58 million for advertising and promotional activities. The administration costs include certain start-up and set-up costs for the NTPF that were of a once-off nature in 2003.
