Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of GDP spent on the health budget in total and less all social spending which is not included in health budgets in other EU countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23850/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The latest information available from the OECD database is for 2002. Table A attached shows total public expenditure on health. Table B shows total public and private expenditure on health. The Deputy may also wish to note that since 2002 the real growth in publicly funded health spending in Ireland has been about 37%.