Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the Health Service Executive budget spent on wages and administration when it commenced its operation; and the percentage spent on wages and administration as of 1 May 2009. [22385/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The HSE Annual Financial Statements indicate that the HSE spent €4.546b on pay and administration in 2005. This pay figure relates to all staff including front line personnel. This represents 41% of total gross expenditure (€11.000b) in 2005. The 2008 Annual Financial Statements which contain the latest audited accounts indicate that the HSE spent €5.636b on pay and administration. This represents 38% of total gross expenditure (€14.683b) in 2008. The figures above outline the level of expenditure on pay and administration in respect of the HSE only. They do not include pay and administration costs for bodies directly funded by the HSE under Sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act, 2004.