Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have figures on the relief for health expenses from 2004 to 2009. In 2004, the cost was ¤110 million; in 2005 it was ¤134 million; in 2006 it was ¤167 million; in 2007 it was ¤226 million; in 2008 it was ¤267 million; and in 2009, tax relief for health expenses other than nursing home expenses is relieved at the standard rate; it dropped to ¤146 million. I will not make a commitment on it but we will have a look at it between now and the next Finance Bill.