Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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266. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €473,000 capital allocation in administration, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44553/18]

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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267. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €14,527,000 capital allocation in grants in respect of building and equipping including information and communication technology, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44554/18]

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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268. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €564,461,000 capital allocation in building, equipping and furnishing of health facilities, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44555/18]

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €2,539,000 capital allocation in building, equipping and furnishing of health facilities part funded by the National Lottery, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44556/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 to 269, inclusive, together.

The total capital funding for the public Health Services announced in Budget 2019 and published in the Estimates for Public Services 2019 is €667m, an increase of €174m (35%) over the capital funding provided in Budget 2018.

- €567m (€564.461m+€2.539m) is available to the Health Service Executive for building, equipping and furnishing of health facilities,

- €85m for Information Communication Technology

- €15m for my Department (€14.527m) and directly funded agencies (€0.473m) under the aegis of my Department.

A Capital Plan for 2019 will be developed by the Health Service Executive having regard to the available funding. On completion of the Capital Plan it will be submitted to my Department for consideration.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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270. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €85 million capital allocation in information services and related services for health agencies, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44557/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Capital ICT provision in 2019 of €85m will fund a large range of projects that support my Departments eHealth strategy for Ireland as well as the HSE's Knowledge and Information Plan as part of a rolling annual programme of work. 

In broad terms, the expenditure on ICT projects in 2019 is planned to be:

- Technical Infrastructure

- Replacement of existing communications, server and client hardware.

- Deployment of additional hardware to support delivery of clinical and non-clinical applications and to digitally connect clinicians, support staff and patients.

- Systems

- Funding for major initiatives such as the Electronic Health Record, National Children’s Hospital Systems, the National Financial Management System, Individual Health Identifier, the Maternal and Newborn Information System, the Acute Floor Information System etc.

The detail that the Deputy is requesting is not yet available. The ICT Capital Plan for 2019 is currently under review by the HSE and will be subject to further review and approval by my Department in the coming weeks. It will become available following approval of the 2019 National Service Plan and the Deputy will be supplied with detail of the planned projects subsequent to that process being finalised.

The provision of the capital funding allows the ICT enablement of health services.  It will ensure that Ireland can benefit from the potential of ICT and eHealth to improve the health and wellbeing of all its patient/citizens, the working environment of its health professionals/care providers, the efficiency and effectiveness of its delivery services and the realisation of significant economic development potential.  

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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271. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €250,000 capital allocation in other HSE services, that is, Vote 38 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44558/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Revised Estimate for Vote 38 (Health) includes a provision for the Health Service Executive of €2.7m under Subhead J6 Economic and Social Disadvantage (Dormant Accounts Funding).  This provision comprises €2.45m current and €0.25m capital.

Measures approved under the Dormant Accounts Action Plans are delivered on behalf of the Department by the HSE.  Exact details in relation to expenditure on the measures during 2019 remain to be finalised.  I will revert directly to the Deputy on the matter in due course.