My Department supports health research primarily through the Health Research Board (HRB). The HRB is a statutory body under the aegis of my Department and is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research.
For 2017 the HRB's funding from my Department is €42.054 million.
The HRB has provided details on its spending on research awards for the period 2007 to 2017. This information setting out overall annual total expenditure and a breakdown of the top ten beneficiaries for each year, except for 2017 which only covers the period from January to May, is set out in tabular form below:
|
2007
|
€
|
2008
|
€
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
40,416,328
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
43,281,118
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
7,331,132
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
9,992,971
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
5,794,109
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
7,520,123
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,399,467
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,242,720
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,031,067
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,134,340
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
3,808,019
|
NUI GALWAY
|
3,207,512
|
|
ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
|
1,766,394
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,588,119
|
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
1,136,403
|
ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
|
1,561,175
|
|
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
|
1,029,116
|
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
|
894,697
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL GALWAY
|
1,019,692
|
MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL
|
879,825
|
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,017,606
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL GALWAY
|
857,756
|
|
2009
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
40,126,940
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
37,534,829
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
10,253,037
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
9,027,563
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
6,116,916
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,566,426
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,125,816
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,338,616
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
4,996,974
|
NUI GALWAY
|
4,272,677
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
3,293,945
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
4,023,454
|
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,603,713
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,676,317
|
|
MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL
|
1,486,271
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
989,250
|
|
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
|
1,053,667
|
MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL
|
875,776
|
|
ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
|
1,048,873
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
759,349
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL GALWAY
|
893,312
|
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
|
588,149
|
|
2011
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
32,581,716
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
33,205,244
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
6,744,555
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
7,400,266
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,820,594
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,203,800
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,219,973
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
4,726,462
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
3,636,726
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
4,007,254
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
2,133,477
|
NUI GALWAY
|
3,707,955
|
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,439,309
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
2,082,000
|
|
ST VINCENT'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
|
1,248,862
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
1,475,762
|
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
803,653
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
923,078
|
|
ST JAMES'S HOSPITAL
|
621,106
|
NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY
|
581,445
|
|
OUR LADY'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CRUMLIN
|
558,114
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
530,678
|
|
2013
|
|
2014
|
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
35,930,708
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
38,242,121
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
8,452,618
|
NUI GALWAY
|
13,108,905
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
7,276,886
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
6,985,105
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
5,588,585
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
4,158,880
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
4,051,912
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
3,854,761
|
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
3,748,000
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
3,748,000
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
3,584,829
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
2,655,846
|
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
993,088
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
601,092
|
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
716,193
|
DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
|
421,874
|
|
OUR LADY'S HOSPICE AND CARE SERVICES
|
353,919
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
409,822
|
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
349,205
|
OUR LADY'S HOSPICE AND CARE SERVICES
|
353,919
|
|
2015
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
35,731,721
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
35,940,798
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
6,939,112
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
8,409,616
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
6,051,408
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
7,180,020
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
5,566,707
|
NUI GALWAY
|
5,199,377
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
4,395,612
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
3,201,011
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
4,173,034
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
2,972,889
|
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
3,808,000
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
2,878,704
|
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
728,809
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
1,258,882
|
|
MOLECULAR MEDICINE IRELAND
|
558,000
|
MOLECULAR MEDICINE IRELAND
|
785,000
|
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
519,915
|
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
|
710,324
|
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
490,571
|
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
|
702,120
|
|
2017 - January to May
|
|
|
|
|
Total Health Award Payments
|
12,423,345
|
|
|
|
IRISH CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
|
2,998,400
|
|
|
|
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
2,649,448
|
|
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
|
1,755,375
|
|
|
|
NUI GALWAY
|
1,105,724
|
|
|
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
|
1,099,389
|
|
|
|
MOLECULAR MEDICINE IRELAND
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND
|
559,828
|
|
|
|
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
|
265,672
|
|
|
|
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
|
228,959
|
|
|
|
DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
|
117,393
|
|
|
The National Cancer Registry is a public body, established in 1991, to collect and classify information on all cancer cases which occur in Ireland. So far this year (Jan-May 2017) it has received a total of €1.020m funding from my Department. Additionally set out below in tabular form is the funding the National Cancer Registry received from my Department over the past ten years.
|
Year
|
-
|
|
2007
|
€2.115
|
|
2008
|
€3.037
|
|
2009
|
€2.477
|
|
2010
|
€2.367
|
|
2011
|
€2.530
|
|
2012
|
€2.475
|
|
2013
|
€2.444
|
|
2014
|
€2.498
|
|
2015
|
€2.440
|
|
2016
|
€2.614
|
The funding of Science Foundation Ireland is a matter for my colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise and Innovation.
Health research projects in Ireland can also take place in many other fora including universities and hospitals. Information on these research projects and their expenditure levels would not be routinely collected by my Department.
Finally, the Deputy also enquires about the "hospital payment enquiry scheme system". I understand that the Deputy may be referring to the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme. HIPE, which is operated by the Healthcare Pricing Office in the HSE, is a health information system designed to collect demographic, clinical and administrative information on discharges and deaths from public acute hospitals nationally. HIPE is the only source of morbidity statistics available nationally for public acute hospital services in Ireland. All acute public hospitals participating in HIPE report over 1.5 million discharges annually. HIPE information is used by the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive in the planning, provision and measurement of acute hospital services. In addition, HIPE data in aggregated form, thus ensuring patient confidentiality, can be used by researchers in conducting health research.
