Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposed spending envelopes approved and set out by her Department for the foreseeable future; the broad objectives to be achieved by spending of such financial envelopes; the timescale set out for achievement of targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25963/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The only funding envelopes set out for the health sector, both in respect of my Department and the Health Service Executive, relates to the Multi-Annual Capital Investment Framework (CIF) 2006-10. The total capital funding for the Health Framework, as announced in the last Budget and including provision for a PPP initiative, is €3.359 billion as follows.

The bulk of the this capital funding will be directed through the Health Service Executive, with the broad objective to continue to deliver enhanced infrastructure in an efficient manner across all healthcare programmes to ensure the development of a modern, high quality service. This will include achieving greater balance of investment between the acute and non-acute sectors and will also allow for new initiatives, for example, in the important areas of Research and ICT.

In addition to the above, the CIF provides for approximately €455m funding for the Office of the Minister for Children up to 2010 to undertake a range of new capital expenditure initiatives.