Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health the total figure being spent nationally in treating patients for diseases and illnesses that are attributed to alcohol consumption; if he will provide a county breakdown of the same figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15648/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group reported that alcohol-related illness cost the healthcare system an estimated €1.2 billion in 2007. It further reported that it was estimated that of this figure, €500 million was in the acute hospital sector, €574 million was in General Practitioner and allied health services and €104 million was in mental health services.