Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual budget for the national treatment purchase fund since it was established in 2002; the number of persons treated per HSE region; the number of persons who had to travel to the UK for treatment; the cost of the travel expenses for persons; and the average waiting time reduction for adult and child patients for each category of operation as covered by the scheme. [18980/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The funding allocated to the national treatment purchase fund since it was established in 2002 is as follows:

My Department has asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the other information requested.