tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post909852132679931407..comments2024-02-13T11:50:20.373+00:00Comments on True Economics: 05/07/2011: Irish Exchequer Expenditure: H1 2011TrueEconomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350536454228478974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post-67861999906473362942011-07-05T22:02:31.910+01:002011-07-05T22:02:31.910+01:00I don't think it is fair to say that Health sp...I don't think it is fair to say that Health spending has increased. "In 2010, the Health Levy generated €2,018 million in revenue." ( http://economic-incentives.blogspot.com/2011/05/april-exchequer-returns.html ).<br /><br />This went directly to the Department of Health (it was not included in the exchequer figures). <br /><br />The plan for the department of Health is to spend about 1 bn more in full year 2011, so assuming a similar level of income from the health levy, that's a cut of about a billion.<br /><br />Is it enough? Like all the other department heads, probably (!) not.yoganmahewnoreply@blogger.com