Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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257. To ask the Minister for Health further to section 43 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; the amount paid into the special account maintained by the Minister for Health to be used as contributions towards the costs of the National Children's Hospital to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Section 43 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 (No. 35 of 2012) provides for a special account to be established in the name of the Minister for Health for the purposes of making contributions towards building, furnishing, and equipping a new ‘National Paediatric Hospital’. The acceptance of moneys and placing it in the special account is within the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

This special account is held with the Central Bank, operates under terms and conditions of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and is subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

No contribution has been made to this special account to date in 2023.