Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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269. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget adjusted for population growth and increase in demand by year in tabular form (details supplied). [44962/17]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Funding provided for Mental Health Services for each year for the period 2011 to 2016 is as follows:

The HSE Mental Health Services expect to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017. New developments have been initiated and will continue to be enhanced, along with existing services, in the coming years in line with the Programme for Government and recommendations from A Vision for Change.

Between 2012 and 2017 €140 million additional funding has been provided to the Mental Health Budget, with an addition of €59.1 million announced in Budget 2018, bringing increased investment by the Government to over €200 million, or 28%, since 2012. In addition, the Minister for Health has committed to a further €55 million to be made available for mental health services in 2019.

In relation to the section of the question regarding population growth and increase in demand, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.