Written answers
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Department of Health and Children
Departmental Expenditure
10:30 am
Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the portion of her Department's 2010 budget that is allocated to the office of the Minister for older persons; the corresponding figure for 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34319/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Office of the Minister for Older Persons does not have a specific allocation within my Department. The following table outlines the staff costs associated with this Office which are paid from my Department's Administrative Budget.
| Name | 2010 (to date) | 2009 | 2008 | Total by Cost Centre |
| Minister of State Aine Brady / Maire Hoctor | 384,562.05 | 632,231.98 | 692,014.45 | 1,708,808.48 |
| Strategy Development for Older People | 269,243.44 | 131,975.07 | 0.00 | 401,218.51 |
| Director: Office for Older People | 87,222.74 | 426,695.77 | 223,566.13 | 737,484.64 |
| Service for Older People & Palliative Care | 1,143,119.12 | 2,427,657.13 | 2,654,528.53 | 6,225,304.78 |
| Total by Year | 1,884,147.35 | 3,618,559.95 | 3,570,109.11 | 9,072,816.41 |
The National Council on Ageing and Older People was subsumed into my Department in October 2009. In 2008 and 2009, €904,000 and €430,000 respectively was provided in direct funding to that organisation prior to the staff transferring to the Department. In addition, an allocation of €1.6m has been made available in the current year to fund the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
The main spending in relation to Older Persons is undertaken by the HSE. As set out in the National Service Plans 2008-2010, the allocations for Services for Older Persons were €1.239bn, €1.275bn and €1.316bn respectively.
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