Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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132. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been spent on the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As set out in the NTPF Audited Annual Financial Statements for 2016, the total expenditure by the NTPF in 2016 was €34,287,621, made up of €30,387,932 for patient care, and €3,899,689 for administrative expenses.

The NTPF did not have a direct role in the commissioning of patient treatments in 2016. The procurement of treatments was carried out by the HSE and the role of the NTPF was administration of the payments to the hospitals.

The 2017 Annual Financial Statements have not yet been completed. However I can confirm that the Department of Health provided an allocation of €20 million to the NTPF for 2017.