Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the number of patients treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its foundation, including 2012; the categories of patient treated in each year; the cost of the NTPF in each year; where its budget has been reallocated in the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37085/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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In July 2011 the Minister for Health and Children announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) namely its role would be changed to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The SDU’s priorities encompass: Emergency Departments – waiting times for admission known as trolley waits; In-patient waiting times; Out-patient waiting times; Access to diagnostics.

The NTPF’s resources were re-focused to align closely with the SDU’s work.

Budget allocation for 2012 as follows:

1. Reduction in maximum waiting times - € 40.0 million

2. Hospital outpatients - € 5.5 million

3. GI Endoscopy - € 6.0 million

4. Emergency Departments- € 10.5 million

5. Pay and non pay - € 8.6 million