Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health the per capita current expenditure by the Health Service Executive in each of the 26 counties for 2009, 2010 and 2011. [37026/11]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive spend per county for each of the 26 counties. [37740/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 507 and 566 together.

The Health Service Executive does not compile budget and expenditure data by county. The management of the health services falls within four regional directorates, Dublin Mid Leinster, Dublin North East, the South and the West. I have been advised by the Executive that the total Regional HSE Net Expenditure (Budget) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 (as per end of quarter 3) is as follows:

Table 1: HSE Net Expenditure (Budget) by Regional Area 2009 – 2011 (€000s)

Using 2011 Preliminary Census data available from the Central Statistics Office to estimate the per capita current expenditure, the population of the HSE regions are estimated as:

· Dublin Mid Leinster Region 1,319,754

· Dublin North East Region 1,019,658

· South Region 1,160,481

· West Region 1,081,376

· TOTAL 4,581,269

Using the HSE Net Expenditure (Budget) by Regional Area and the 2011 populations provided above the following per capita estimates can be derived: Table 2: HSE Per Capita Net Expenditure (Budget) 2009 - 2011 (€)

It is important to note that the per capita allocations set out above provide detail of the geographical location of budgets and do not take account of patients crossing HSE regions in receipt of services. The HSE further advises me that some national services are excluded from the Regional Area Budgets such as are the Primary Care Reimbursement Service, National Services, Corporate Services and Pensions.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter (details supplied). [37027/11]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate this matter as a matter of urgency and to respond directly to the Deputy.