Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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212. To ask the Minister for Health the health spend per GNI star; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51044/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) , Ireland's total health expenditure from 2011 to 2016 as a percentage of GNI star is outlined in the following table.

Current health expenditure as a % of GNI star has decreased in each year since 2012. GNI star is designed to be a national indicator that excludes the globalisation effects that disproportionately affect the measurement of the size of the Irish economy.

The health care expenditure estimates for Ireland are compiled by the CSO according to the international standard of the System of Health Accounts, 2011.The System of Health Accounts (SHA) was devised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and has been adopted for joint reporting of health care expenditure by the OECD, Eurostat and the World Health Organisation.