asked the Minister for Health the health expenditure per capita in respect of (a) Cork City, (b) Cork County, (c) Dublin City and (d) the entire State for the year ended 31st March, 1959.

The following are the average amounts of net health expenditure per head of the population in respect of the year ended 31st March 1959, to the nearest penny in each case:—

The net health expenditure on which these averages are based is borne in equal shares on local funds and on the Vote for Health.