Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2017
376. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the bodies under the aegis of his Department to which his Department provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies in which 50% or more of their income comes from public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50117/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides grants to a number of organisations, details of which are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Vote 38), available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website at www.per.gov.ie/en/rev/.
Part III of Vote 38 gives details of the agencies directly funded by my Department and the amount of funding provided. These are primarily research, developmental, consultative, supervisory, regulatory and advisory bodies.
All agencies funded by my Department receive over 50% of their income from the Exchequer with the exception of the HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority) as the authority is mainly self-funded through fee income. Funding from my Department to the HPRA accounts for approximately 15% of their total income.
The annual cost of running CORU (Health and Social Care Professionals Council) is currently being funded in the main by the Exchequer. The intention is that CORU will, when all its registers are established, be fully self-funding through the annual fees payable by its registrants.
