Written answers
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Department of Health
Health Services Funding
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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373. To ask the Minister for Health the spending on health as a percentage of gross domestic product for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44719/15]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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According to the preliminary results of the System of Health Accounts issued by the Central Statistics Office, current total health care expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Ireland from 2009 to 2013 (the latest year available) is as follows:
| Year | Current total health care expenditure as a % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 10.5% |
| 2010 | 10.6% |
| 2011 | 9.9% |
| 2012 | 10.1% |
| 2013b | 10.2% |
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