Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of finance allocated to the Mental Health Commission which was not spent in 2005; and the areas where these measures were reallocated. [39091/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Mental Health Commission was allocated €15.5 million in 2005. The total spending by the Commission in 2005 was €5.98 million. The saving of approximately €9.5 million arose because the mental health tribunals under the Mental Health Act 2001 have been incurring costs only since 1 November this year. In accordance with public financial procedures the unspent monies were surrendered as a surplus to the Exchequer.