Health Service Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Questions (472)

Dan Neville

Question:

527 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the ratio of child and adolescent psychiatrists to the child and adolescent population in countries (details supplied). [12298/12]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Kathleen Lynch)

The Medical Council reported that there were 131 physicians with a specialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as at 31st December, 2011. Given a CSO estimated 2011 population under the age of 18 of 1.142 million, this equates to approximately 11.4 Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists per 100,000 children aged under 18 for Ireland. My Department does not collect this information for the other countries referred to by the Deputy.