§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether any other hospital, health and welfare expenditure programmes as set out in the 1979 command paper on public expenditure, were modified or curtailed to accommodate the funds necessary to meet the cost of the Mater hospital annex.
§ Mr. John PattenNo other hospital or social services programmes have been affected by the expenditure on the Mater hospital.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether any expenditure has been incurred on the Mater hospital since the deed of arrangement, which did not come from funds voted for the purpose by Parliament; and what was the amount.
§ Mr. John PattenNone. The contributions of £1 million made by the trustees to the reconstruction programmes have been appropriated in aid of the project.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what financial contributions have been made to the Mater hospital by the trustees and Government, respectively, since the deed of arrangement was agreed.
§ Mr. John PattenUnder the deed of arrangement the Department, through the Eastern Health and Social Services Board, has met the running costs of the hospital, which from 1 January 1972 to 31 March 1981 amounted to £24.5 million. From 1977 to date the Department has provided £0.9 million to the capital programme of reconstruction and appropriated in aid the £1.0 million of contributions from the hospital trustees.