Vol. 533 No. 6
244 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment for the Rathcoole, Saggart, Newcastle and Brittas areas of County Dublin for each of the past ten years. [9557/01]
245 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 for each of the past ten years. [9558/01]
246 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in Lucan, County Dublin for each of the past ten years. [9559/01]
247 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in the Dublin 15 area for each of the past ten years. [9560/01]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 to 247, inclusive, together.
I am informed by the chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA, that the information requested by the Deputy is not available. Dental statistics are kept on a dental area basis and these areas do not correspond to the areas specified by the Deputy. However, the ERHA has supplied the following statistics for the Deputy's information:
|
Dental Area |
September1996 |
August1998 |
March2001 |
|
Dún Laoghaire |
1,676 |
374 |
993 |
|
Crumlin |
2,843 |
1,396 |
2,012 |
|
Cornmarket |
1,450 |
1,597 |
1,027 |
|
Roselawn |
1,532 |
1,100 |
1,020 |
|
Coolock |
4,253 |
2,472 |
1,218 |
|
Kilbarrack |
1,449 |
718 |
1,465 |
|
Naas |
3,236 |
2,495 |
1,470 |
|
Wicklow |
1,723 |
833 |
1,300 |
|
Totals |
18,162 |
10,985 |
10,505 |
