Bernard J. Durkan
Question:646 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts for consultant orthodontists currently filled and unfilled in each health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24872/00]
Vol. 525 No. 2
646 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts for consultant orthodontists currently filled and unfilled in each health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24872/00]
647 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of teaching posts in orthodontics available and filled at present; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/00]
648 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant orthodontists currently employed in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24874/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 646 to 648, inclusive, together.
The position regarding consultant orthodontic posts is as follows:
Filled |
Unfilled |
|
Eastern Regional Health Authority |
2 |
1 |
Midland Health Board |
– |
1 |
Mid-Western Health Board |
1 |
– |
North-Eastern Health Board |
1 |
– |
North-Western Health Board |
1 |
– |
Southern Health Board |
1 |
– |
South-Eastern Health Board |
1 |
– |
Western Health Board |
1 |
– |
St James's Hospital |
1 |
|
Dublin Dental Hospital (Teaching Posts) |
3 |
|
Cork Dental Hospital (Teaching Posts) |
1 |
1 |
649 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have received initial orthodontic treatment to date in 2000; the number who received this treatment in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/00]
650 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on the orthodontic waiting lists in each of the past five years; the way in which the orthodontic programme here compares with that available in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 649 and 650 together.
The provision of orthodontic treatment and the maintenance of information on numbers in treatment and waiting lists are the responsibility of the health boards. However, information available to my Department from a system of quarterly returns introduced last year is as follows:
End 1999
Numbers in treatment |
15,400 |
Numbers on assessment waiting lists |
14,312 |
Numbers on treatment waiting lists |
15,714 |
Numbers who completed treatment in 1999 |
3,476 |
Numbers in treatment |
12,739* |
Numbers on assessment waiting lists |
18,712 |
Numbers on treatment waiting lists |
12,733 |
Numbers who completed treatment since1 January |
1,696* |