Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Health the National Treatment Purchase Fund spend for 2013; this amount as a percentage of the total health spend in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26372/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The NTPF spend for 2013 amounted to €8.976m (0.06% of the total health spend) of which €4.822m was incurred on patient care expenditure. The remainder of €4.154m relates to the running costs of NTPF including their pricing role under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme.

The NTPF’s future remit is being considered in the context of the wider health reform programme.