Written answers
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Department of Health
HSE Expenditure
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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174. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive reported a net deficit of €158 million in its Vote at the end of August; if so, the actual extent of the deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34888/14]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Vote for the HSE is reporting a net current deficit of €361 million at the end of August. The overspend is mainly attributable to the following areas of health spending:
- The statutory and voluntary hospital sector.There is ongoing and intensive engagement each month between officials of my Department, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the HSE in the context of regular monitoring of expenditure. The HSE is pro-actively engaged in internal efforts to maximise savings to mitigate the projected deficits. However, it is clear that supplementary funding will be required to support the services during 2014.
- PCRS and community schemes; and
- Payments to the State Claims Agency.
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