Hospital Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 February 2013

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Questions (214)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Question:

214. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of centres-hospitals where publicly-funded screening for sexually transmitted infections is available; if he will also provide numerical data for the number of persons who used the service per year since 2006 to date in 2013, or the year on which the most recent statistics are available; and the number of screenings per year that each centre-hospital is capable of administering. [6145/13]

Written answers

Minister for Health

Eleven sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are currently legally notifiable in Ireland: ano-genital warts, chancroid, Chlamydia trachomatis, genital herpes simplex, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, infectious hepatitis B, lymphogranuloma venereum, non-specific urethritis, syphilis and trichomoniasis. Aggregate data on the number of notified STIs from Departments of Public Health in each HSE region is collated quarterly. The Departments of Public Health are notified of STIs mainly from STI clinics and some GPs. There were 13,259 notifications of STIs in 2011, an increase of 12.2% when compared with 2010 and continuing an upward trend since 1995. Information on activity levels in STI clinics is not readily available. However I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.