John Bruton
Question:165 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died in 2000 from infection against which no antibiotic was effective. [14492/01]
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165 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died in 2000 from infection against which no antibiotic was effective. [14492/01]
166 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the incidence of vancomycin resistant enterococci in hospitals. [14493/01]
167 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children if any estimate has been made of the extent of over prescribing or inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics by general practitioners and, in particular, of the prescription of antibiotics for patients suffering from viruses for which antibiotics are inherently ineffective. [14495/01]
168 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children if any estimate has been made, or research carried out on the extent to which people fail to complete courses of antibiotics, thereby reducing the effectiveness of these antibiotics when next used. [14496/01]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 to 168, inclusive, together.
The national disease surveillance centre was established in 1998 to collate, analyse and disseminate data on communicable disease here and to develop national strategies for the monitoring and control of infectious diseases. The data requested by the Deputy is not currently collected by the centre.