Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2005
83 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount that each health board spent over its budget for 2004 before the boards were dissolved in December 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20917/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 2004 revised determinations for all health boards, after adjustment is made for the national PPARS project, totalled €8,169.398 million. The net expenditure reported by health boards for 2004, per the unaudited annual financial statements, AFS, is €8,195.792 million.
Under the 1996 accountability legislation, health boards were required to transfer a deficit or a surplus for the preceding year to the following year. The cumulative surplus brought forward by health boards at 31 December 2003 totalled €30.786 million. Accordingly, health boards included a surplus or deficit, whichever was appropriate, in their planned spending for 2004. This gave a total available spending level for 2004 of €8,200.184 million. When this is compared to the net non-capital expenditure of €8,195.792 million reported in the unaudited Annual Financial Statements for 2004, the overall position for all health boards at end 2004 is a cumulative surplus of €4.392 million.
The position in respect of each health board is set out in the following table.
|
Health Board/ Authority |
Surplus/ (Deficit) brought forward at 31/12/2003 |
2004 Final Determination |
Net Non-Capital Expenditure 2004 per unaudited AFS |
Surplus/ (Deficit) for 2004 |
Cumulative Surplus/(Deficit) at 31/12/2004 |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
|
ERHA |
1.616 |
3,433.600 |
3,430.321 |
3.279 |
4.895 |
|
Midland |
(0.505) |
438.531 |
439.625 |
(1.094) |
(1.599) |
|
Mid Western |
0.000 |
591.390 |
593.357 |
(1.967) |
(1.967) |
|
North Eastern |
3.341 |
565.230 |
569.301 |
(4.071) |
(0.730) |
|
North Western |
0.773 |
508.439 |
510.060 |
(1.621) |
(0.848) |
|
South Eastern |
8.532 |
736.985 |
739.829 |
(2.844) |
5.688 |
|
Southern |
0.165 |
1,091.113 |
1,091.629 |
(0.516) |
(0.351) |
|
Western |
16.864 |
804.110 |
821.670 |
(17.560) |
(0.696) |
|
Total |
30.786 |
8,169.398 |
8,195.792 |
(26.394) |
4.392 |
