asked the Minister for Health (i) the name, number and location of all hospitals or other institutions in the State dealing with any form of mental illness; (ii) the number of residents and patients there are in each case; (iii) if he will outline, in each case, the exact system for reviewing individual cases and the way in which it will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Mental Illness Institutions.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out below. It shows for each public psychiatric hospital and unit and each private psychiatric hospital the number of patients on 31 December 1986.
Review of individual cases is undertaken by the consultant psychiatrist responsible for that patient's treatment.
Public Psychiatric Hospitals:
(i) |
(ii) |
Health Board/Hospital |
No. of In-Patients on 31/12/86 |
Eastern Health Board |
|
St. Brendan's Hospital, |
|
Rathdown Road, |
|
Dublin 7 |
795 |
St. Ita's Hospital, |
|
Portrane, |
|
Co. Dublin |
870 |
St. Loman's Hospital, |
|
Palmerstown, |
|
Dublin 20 |
139 |
Newcastle Hospital, |
|
Greystones, |
|
Co. Wicklow |
84 |
Central Mental Hospital, |
|
Dundrum, |
|
Dublin 14 |
92 |
Midland Health Board |
|
St. Fintan's Hospital, |
|
Portlaoise, |
|
Co. Laoise |
320 |
St. Loman's Hospital, |
|
Mullingar, |
|
Co. Westmeath |
649 |
Mid-Western Health Board |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, |
|
Ennis, |
|
Co. Clare |
448 |
St. Joseph's Hospital, |
|
Limerick, |
|
Co. Limerick |
563 |
North-Eastern Health Board |
|
St. Brigid's Hospital, |
|
Ardee, |
|
Co. Louth |
178 |
St. Davnet's Hospital, |
|
Monaghan, |
|
Co. Monaghan |
341 |
North-Western Health Board |
|
St. Conal's Hospital, |
|
Letterkenny, |
|
Co. Donegal |
406 |
St. Columbia's Hospital, |
|
Sligo, |
|
Co. Sligo |
483 |
South-Eastern Health Board |
|
St. Dympna's Hospital, |
|
Carlow, |
|
Co. Carlow |
314 |
St. Canice's Hospital, |
|
Kilkenny, |
|
Co. Kilkenny |
255 |
St. Luke's Hospital, |
|
Clonmel, |
|
Co. Tipperary |
444 |
St. Otteran's Hospital, |
|
Waterford, |
|
Co. Waterford |
324 |
St. Senan's Hospital, |
|
Enniscorthy, |
|
Co. Wexford |
284 |
Southern Health Board, |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, |
|
Cork, |
|
Co. Cork |
941 |
St. Finan's Hospital, |
|
Killarney, |
|
Co. Kerry |
508 |
Western Health Board |
|
St. Brigid's Hospital, |
|
Ballinasloe, |
|
Co. Galway |
852 |
St. Mary's Hospital, |
|
Castlebar, |
|
Co. Mayo |
550 |
St. Patricks Hospital, |
|
Castlerea, |
|
Co. Roscommon |
205 |
Eastern Health Board |
|
St. Dympna's Alcoholic Unit, |
|
North Circular Road, |
|
Dublin 7 |
11 |
Vergemount Psychiatric Unit, |
|
Clonskeagh, |
|
Co. Dublin |
23 |
St. Vincent's Psychiatric Unit, |
|
Elm Park, |
|
Dublin 4 |
18 |
St. James', |
|
Acute Unit, |
|
James' Street, |
|
Dublin |
46 |
Psychiatric Unit, |
|
James Connolly |
|
Memorial Hospital, |
|
Blanchardstown, |
|
Co. Dublin |
10 |
Mid-Western Health Board |
|
Unit 5B, |
|
Limerick Regional Hospital |
26 |
North-Western Health Board |
|
Psychiatric Unit, |
|
General Hospital, |
|
Letterkenny |
8 |
South-Eastern Health Board |
|
St. Declan's Unit, |
|
Ardkeen General Hospital, |
|
Co. Waterford |
38 |
St. Michael's Unit, |
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, |
|
Clonmel |
49 |
Southern Health Board |
|
St. Anne's Unit, |
|
Skibbereen |
19 |
Psychiatric Unit, |
|
Regional Hospital, |
|
Wilton, |
|
Cork |
49 |
Psychiatric Unit, |
|
St. Stephen's Hospital, |
|
Sarsfield Court, |
|
Co. Cork |
91 |
Western Health Board |
|
St. Theresa's Unit, |
|
Castlebar General Hospital, |
|
Castlebar, |
|
Co. Mayo |
36 |
Psychiatric Unit, |
|
Galway Regional Hospital, |
|
Galway |
39 |
Eastern Health Board Area |
|
Bloomfield, Donnybrook, |
|
Dublin 4 |
58 |
Hampstead and |
|
Highfield Hospitals, |
|
Glasnevin, |
|
Dublin 9 |
72 |
Kylemore Clinic, |
|
Church Road, |
|
Ballybrack |
28 |
Palmerstown Lodge, |
|
Palmerstown, |
|
Co. Dublin |
5 |
*St. John of God Hospital, |
|
Stillorgan, |
|
Dublin 18 |
186 |
*St. Patrick's Hospital, |
|
James' Street, |
|
Dublin 8 |
254 |
*St. Vincent's Hospital, |
|
Fairview, |
|
Dublin 3 |
103 |
Verville Retreat, |
|
Vernon Avenue, |
|
Clontarf, |
|
Dublin 3 |
50 |
North-Eastern Health Board |
|
Area |
|
St. Augustine's, |
|
Nursing Home, |
|
Ratoath, |
|
Co. Meath |
54 |
South-Eastern Health Board |
|
Area. |
|
Bon Sauveur Hospital, |
|
Carriglea, |
|
Dungarvan, |
|
Co. Waterford |
1 |
Belmont Park Hospital, |
|
Ferrybank, |
|
Co. Waterford |
68 |
Southern Health Board Area |
|
Lindville Hospital, |
|
Blackrock Road, |
|
Cork |
24 |
* (Provide public catchment area services for eligible Eastern Health Board patients).