Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish his comprehensive spending review. [40256/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Comprehensive Expenditure Review prepared by my Department, and submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in September, was published on both Departments' websites on 7 December subject to the appropriate redactions.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish all correspondence between him and the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to preparations for budget 2012. [40258/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, a comprehensive review of expenditure was undertaken within each Department which has formed the basis for the 2012 Estimates. The Department of Health draft Comprehensive Expenditure Review was approved by the Minister and submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 22 July 2011. The Report analysed the 11 HSE care programme areas in terms of rationale, objective and continuing relevance; programme effectiveness; programme efficiency; and additional demands. It also analysed the Department, directly funded health sector agencies, the HSE Corporate and health sector employment. This process facilitated the identification of potential savings and reform measures across the programme areas.

This in-depth review formed the basis for all discussions in relation the 2012 Estimates, the determination of the level of funding available for the health budget and the extent of the savings required. This review as redacted was published on my Department's website and can be downloaded from http://www.dohc.ie/publications/doh_review_expenditure.html. It would not be usual practice to publish ancillary correspondence between my Department and the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform.