Minister McGrath publishes the second tranche of the Spending Review papers for 2022
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, has today published the second tranche of Spending Review papers as part of the 2022 Spending Review process.
The spending review is a key platform for generating evidence for policy making across the Civil Service. Supported by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES), the process has become a focal point for analysis across government departments.
Commenting on the publication of these reviews, the Minister stated:
“The Spending Review process is an important part of the how we critically assess existing public expenditure. As a key element of overall expenditure, reviews in the area of health are particularly important.
"I welcome the publication of five review papers today focusing on the Long Term Illness Scheme, population-based funding for health, health infrastructure and nursing workforce supply.”
In total there are 7 spending review papers being published across August and September. Additional tranches of spending review papers will also be published following the Budget in the autumn. The papers published today, in addition to all spending review papers published since 2017, are available on the Spending Review website.
View the Department of Health's press releases here:
An analysis of the main expenditure drivers of the Long Term Illness scheme that also contextualises the aim and rationale of the scheme within the current community pharmacy scheme landscape in Ireland.
The Irish healthcare system is undergoing substantial reform with a commitment to implement new Regional Health Areas and a Population-Based Resource Allocation (PBRA) by 2024. PBRA is a funding model for health planning that seeks to distribute available healthcare resources according to population need to promote efficiency and equity in both health outcomes and distribution of resources. This Spending Review contributes to the evidence required to support decision-making on the most appropriate PBRA model to implement.
This paper provides an analysis of healthcare infrastructure as it relates to service capacity, such as beds and radiological equipment by region. The authors find that healthcare infrastructure capacity varies significantly by Regional Health Area, implying uneven access to care and motivating considerations around the spread of planned investment. The analysis provided in this paper provides the groundwork for evidence-based prioritization of infrastructure projects facilitated by the upcoming Strategic Healthcare Investment Framework (SHIF).
This paper provides an analysis of the physical infrastructure within the HSE Acute and Community care settings. The analysis presents an overview of the condition, quality, energy efficiency, maintenance requirements and functional suitability of the HSE Estate for both the Community and Acute Care settings which can be used to inform future healthcare infrastructure investment on the basis of all areas considered.
This Spending Review paper develops a nursing workforce supply model using systems dynamics modelling to examine the potential increases in student nurse intake required to reduce Ireland’s reliance on the foreign-educated nursing workforce to meet Ireland’s commitments under the World Health Organization Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel, address workforce challenges, and meet expected increases in demand.