National Treatment Purchase Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2023

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Questions (675)

Catherine Connolly

Question:

675. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the expenditure of the national treatment purchase fund in each year for which data is available; the amount of NTPF funding spent in public hospitals in each year for which data is available; the amount of NTPF funding spent in private hospitals in each year for which data is available; the total funding of the NTPF in each year for which data is available; the number of patients that benefitted from the fund each year for which data is available; the number of patients treated via the NTPF in public hospitals and private hospitals, in tabular form, in each year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25794/23]

Written answers

Minister for Health

In relation to the particular queries raised, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has provided the table linked below, details of which are taken from completed and certified Annual Financial Statements.

NTPF Funding expenditure incurred and patients treated from 2004 to 2021

The table outlines the total funding received by the NTPF, the expenditure incurred, and the total number of patients treated in each year from 2004 to 2021. The NTPF has advised that a breakdown of the number of patients treated between private and public hospitals is commercially sensitive. As an alternative they have provided a breakdown of expenditure between public and private hospitals since 2011 when that information became available.

The NTPF has further advised that for 2015 & 2016 the procurement of treatments was carried out by the HSE and the role of the NTPF was administration of the payments to the hospitals.