James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive mental health division funding for 2017 expected to be used to cover agency staff and external placements. [44579/17]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2018 provided significant additional funding for mental health, which means that HSE funding for this key care programme will increase from around €853 million in 2017 to €912 million next year.

As the remainder of this question relates to a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.