Hospital Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 February 2013

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Questions (235, 236, 237)

Derek Keating

Question:

235. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in detail and tabular form, the number of cases for the Rathcoole and Saggart areas, which incorporates Brittas, Blessington Road and City West, that Tallaght Hospital has provided a service for in the past ten years up until December 2012 which involved home care, and end-of-life care, who died at home and, separately, who died under its care in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/13]

Derek Keating

Question:

236. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in detail and tabulated format, the number of cases for the Newcastle area, which incorporates all of Newcastle, Brownstown, Aylesbury, up to Hazelhatch and the borders of Kildare and Wicklow, that Tallaght Hospital has provided a service for in the past ten years up until December 2012 which involved home care, and end-of-life care, who died at home and, separately, who died under its care in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6308/13]

Derek Keating

Question:

237. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in detail and tabulated format the number of cases for the Lucan area, which incorporates all of Lucan, Adamstown, Strawberry Beds and Foxdene, that Tallaght Hospital has provided a service for in the past ten years up until December 2012 which involved home care, end of life care, who died at home, who died at home and who died under their care in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6309/13]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 to 237, inclusive, together.

In relation to the particular queries raised by the Deputy, as this information is not readily available within my Department, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in these matters.