Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the health service budget has fluctuated in each of the past ten years and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42356/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The outturn figures for the Health Group of Votes as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume for the years 2001-2009 is set out in the table.

Prior to 2005, all health expenditure was provided for through Vote 39, the Department of Health and Children. Vote 40 in respect of the Health Service Executive was established in 2005, and Vote 41 in respect of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was established in 2006. The table shows the provisional outturns for the three Votes combined. Provision of €15,324,452 for the Health Group of Votes has been made in the Revised Estimates Volume 2010 in respect of the current year. In setting the Estimates, the Government took difficult but necessary decisions to secure the economy and stabilise the national finances.

Source:

Provisional outturn published in the Revised Estimates Volume 2001-2010.

*Figure is the total of Votes 39 Department of Health and Children and Vote 40 HSE combined.

**Figure is the total of Votes 30 Department of Health and Children, Vote 40 HSE and Vote 41 OMCYA combined.