Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Department of Health
Departmental Agencies
5:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 788: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer [36734/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the non-commercial state agencies currently under the remit of my Department and their exchequer funding for 2012.
| Agency | Allocation € (m) |
| An Bord Altranais | Self funding |
| Dental Council | Self funding |
| Food Safety Authority of Ireland | 16.2 |
| Food Safety Promotions Board | 6.0 |
| Health and Social Care Professional Council | 1.9 |
| Health Information Quality Authority | 13.0 |
| Health Insurance Authority | Self funding |
| Health Research Board | 31.9 |
| Irish Blood Transfusion Service | Self funding |
| Irish Medicines Board* | 3.2 |
| Medical Council | Self funding |
| Mental Health Commission | 14.7 |
| National Cancer Registry Board | 2.8 |
| National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | Funded by HSE |
| National Treatment Purchase Fund | 70.6 |
| Opticians Board | Self funding |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland | Self funding |
| Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council | 2.9 |
*The Irish Medicines Board is approximately 14% exchequer funded, 86% self-funded.
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