Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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1258. To ask the Minister for Health the total spending by his Department, including details of all increases or decreases on an annual basis for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The total expenditure for the health services (Department of Health and HSE combined) for 2013, 2014, 2015 and to-date in 2016 is set out in the table below.

The Vote of the HSE was disestablished on 31 December 2014 and the funding transferred to the Vote of the Office of the Minister for Health (Vote 38) from which, with effect from 1 January 2015, Vote grants are paid to the HSE in line with the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014. The 2014 Estimate was restated for comparison purposes in the revised vote format.

Total expenditure is based on net current expenditure as published in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2013 to 2015 and August 2016 Vote 38 Forecast Issues for 2016. Net current expenditure is used to aid comparison because as a consequence of the disestablishment of the HSE Vote, €1.043 billion previously accounted for as Appropriations-in-aid in the HSE Vote is collected directly by the HSE and shown in the HSE accounts but no longer incorporated in Vote terms.