Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2025
810. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the amounts spent under the Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the main countries and recipients of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54633/25]
View answerDetails of National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) expenditure for each year are available in the Annual Financial Statements laid before the Oireachtas, which can be viewed at www.oireachtas.ie/en/publications/docs-laid/
The Annual Financial Statements are also incorporated into the NTPF Annual Reports which are published on the NTPF website. Annual Reports from 2007 to 2023 can be viewed at www.ntpf.ie/about-the-ntpf/publications/
The NTPF has also provided my Department with a detailed breakdown of patient care expenditure by treating hospital for the years 2020 – 2024 in the attached document. All NTPF funded treatment included has taken place within the State or in Private Providers in Northern Ireland.
Patient Care Expenditure
In the period 2020 to 2024 expenditure incurred by NTPF related to payments to private and public hospitals to provide inpatient and outpatient services to patients. The expenditure is broken down by payee as follows:
