asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in each community care area; the number of these who can hope to receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Orthodontic Treatment.
85.
The number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in each community care area and the number who can hope to receive treatment are as follows:
|
Health Board |
Community Care Area |
Number of children awaiting treatment |
Number who can hope to receive treatment |
|
Eastern |
Dublin 1 |
255 |
All of these children |
|
Dublin 2 |
256 |
will receive treatment |
|
|
Dublin 3 |
316 |
as soon as possible. |
|
|
Dublin 4 |
180 |
A further 494 cases |
|
|
Dublin 5 |
315 |
require complicated |
|
|
Dublin 6 |
103 |
treatment which cannot |
|
|
Dublin 7 |
45 |
be provided until a |
|
|
Dublin 8 |
409 |
consultant orthodontist |
|
|
Kildare |
552 |
is appointed to the |
|
|
Wicklow |
104 |
Eastern Health Board. |
|
|
Midland |
Laois-Offaly |
417 |
200 cases will commence treatment in 1986 |
|
Longford-Westmeath |
500 |
250 cases will commence treatment in 1986 |
|
|
Mid-Western |
Clare |
1,159 |
70-75 per cent |
|
Limerick |
1,920 |
70-75 per cent |
|
|
Tipperary NR |
537 |
95 per cent |
|
|
North-Eastern |
Cavan-Monaghan |
1,100 |
100 cases will be treated |
|
Louth |
556 |
100 cases will be treated |
|
|
Meath |
1,525 |
200 cases will be treated |
|
|
North-Western |
Donegal |
138 |
The waiting time is one year. |
|
Sligo-Leitrim |
180 |
All cases will be treated. |
|
|
South-Eastern |
Carlow-Kilkenny |
1,000 |
20 in 1986 |
|
Tipperary SR |
1,300 |
50 in 1986 |
|
|
Waterford |
55 |
55 in 1986 |
|
|
Wexford |
503 |
50 in 1986 |
|
|
Southern |
North Lee |
Schools are visited on a rota basis, at about three yearly intervals. Treatment is carried out immediately. |
|
|
South Lee |
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|
North Cork |
1,002 |
n.a. |
|
|
West Cork |
47 |
n.a. |
|
|
Kerry |
957 |
n.a. |
|
|
Western |
Galway |
1,190 |
Priority in the provision of treatment is granted in accordance with Department of Health guidelines. |
|
Mayo |
520 |
||
|
Roscommon |
449 |
Some difficulty has been experienced in the recruitment of suitably qualified persons to fill the new posts of consultant orthodontist in the public dental service. These posts were advertised again recently and, when they are filled, there should be a considerable reduction in the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment.