Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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343. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health in 2017; the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 taking into consideration reclassifications of expenditure between those dates. [43698/17]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE Mental Health Services Division expects to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017.

Funding provided for Mental Health Services for each year for the period 2011 to 2016 are as follows:

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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344. To ask the Minister for Health the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of that funding for each calendar year that was actually drawn down or spent on mental health services, in tabular form. [43699/17]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Funding provided for Mental Health Services for each year for the period 2012 to 2017 are as follows:

The HSE Mental Health Services Division expects to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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345. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the €35 million in additional funding for mental health announced in budget 2017 that was spent in the 2017 period; the amount that was included in the expenditure figure for 2017; the amount that was carried over into the budget 2018 figures announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/17]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE Mental Health Services Division expect to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017. Budget 2017 made allowance for an additional €35 million for services to be initiated in 2017 and continued in 2018. Recognising the time-frame required to initiate new developments, €15 million was provided as part of the overall 2017 Budget. This was in part due to the time lag of new staff taking up posts and the completion of preparations for the introduction and enhancement of key priorities as specified in the HSE's 2017 Service Plan.

Budget 2018 announced €35 million to further develop mental health services in 2018 and the Minister for Health has also committed an additional €55 million in funding for 2019. The €35 million increase is made up of the €20 million continuing cost in 2018 of developments initiated in 2017, combined with a further €15 million for further new developments.