David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding available to enable her to carry out her various functions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18491/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Revised Estimates Volume was published in February of this year and outlines the estimated funding of each Government Department/Office for the current year. The Health Group is covered by three Votes, one each for my Department, the Health Service Executive and the Office of the Minister for Children. The following table outlines the estimated current and capital figures under each of these Votes for 2006. The amounts contained in Vote 39 for the Department of Health and Children relate directly to my functions as Minister for Health & Children. The figures indicated for Vote 40 relate to the salaries and expenses of the Health Service Executive in its delivery of health and personal social services to the population. The figures for Vote 41 relate to the functions of the Office of the Minister for Children.

These figures represent a 9% headline increase and a 12% underlying increase in the total funding available, across the Health Group, for the delivery of health services, over the Revised Estimate 2005.