Written answers

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the €198.5 million development funding being held by his Department in 2019 for release to the HSE on approval of implementation plans and commencement of specific developments (details supplied); and the funding released for each specific development as of 11 July 2019, in tabular form. [30741/19]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In early 2019 the HSE introduced an enhanced internal governance structure for the approval of new development funding.  The establishment of the processes around this enhanced oversight resulted in a delay in the receipt of drawdown submissions from the HSE in the first half of the year.  Delayed submissions have now been received or are due to be received shortly and funding will be released in due course.  The temporary delay in funding approval arising from the revised administrative processes has not affected the delivery of the associated services.

The following table outlines the funding released to date in 2019.

New Development Funding 2019BudgetFunding Released
Description€000€000
Acute Hospital Services - National Children's Hospital6,700 -
Mental Health Services55,000 30,000
Disability Services14,500 12,000
Palliative Care2,000 -
National Screening Services CervicalCheck (including HPV vaccine)9,000 -
Termination of Pregnancy12,000 500
Primary Care Scheme Changes70,300 30,300
System Wide Measures29,000 14,000
Totals198,500 86,800

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