Pádraic McCormack
Question:137 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding allocated to each health board for the development of mental handicap services.
Vol. 429 No. 4
137 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding allocated to each health board for the development of mental handicap services.
An additional £8.5 million has been made available in 1993 for the development of services for people with a mental handicap. The total allocation for services for people with a mental handicap this year is approximately £209 million.
Of the additional £8.5 million I have made available new resources of £2 million to strengthen the funding base of the direct funded mental handicap agencies and to meet some essential service needs. As many as these agencies provide services in more than one health board area it is not possible to say at this stage how much of the additional money is going to each area.
Four million pounds has been allocated to the health board regions as follows:
Health Board Regions |
£000 |
Eastern |
1.750 |
Midland |
0.177 |
Mid-Western |
0.458 |
North-Eastern |
0.552 |
North-Western |
0.100 |
South-Eastern |
0.586 |
Southern |
0.219* |
Western |
0.158 |