asked the Minister for Health the number of (a) adults and (b) children on the waiting list for dental service in each community care area; and the number of dentists employed full time and part time by each health board in each community care area.
Written Answers. - Dental Services.
552.
The numbers of adults and children awaiting dental treatment and the numbers of full time and part time dentists in each community care area are as follows:
|
Health Board |
Community Care Area |
Number awaiting dental treatment |
Number of dentists employed |
||
|
Adults |
Children |
Full time |
Part time |
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|
Eastern |
Dublin |
6,865 |
Nil (a) |
53 |
26 |
|
Kildare |
237 |
1,340 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Wicklow |
1,100 |
1,400 |
4 |
11 |
|
|
Midland |
Laois/Offaly |
Nil |
(b) |
7 |
3 |
|
Longford/Westmeath |
Nil |
(b) |
6 |
— |
|
|
Mid-Western |
Clare |
422 |
1,055 |
6 |
1 |
|
Limerick |
2,000 |
2,200 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
Tipperary N.R. |
757 |
534 |
7 |
4 |
|
|
North-Eastern |
Cavan/Monaghan |
1,500 |
Nil |
5 |
2 |
|
Louth |
190 |
1,103 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
Meath |
4,433 |
868 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
North-Western |
Donegal |
2,502 |
3,512 |
11 |
— |
|
Sligo/Leitrim |
534 |
4,919 |
8 |
— |
|
|
South-Eastern |
Carlow/Kilkenny |
1,309 |
8,920 |
23 |
|
|
Tipperary S.R. |
1,266 |
339 |
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|
Waterford |
1,390 |
Nil |
3 |
||
|
Wexford |
868 |
3,073 |
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|
Southern |
North Lee |
1,740 |
2,250 |
11 |
— |
|
South Lee |
4,270 |
907 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
North Cork |
1,509 |
1,400 |
6 |
— |
|
|
West Cork |
115 |
470 |
4 |
— |
|
|
Kerry |
1,434 |
10,000 |
10 |
— |
|
|
Western |
Galway |
3,238 |
5,500 |
11 |
1 |
|
Mayo |
3,263 |
3,000 |
9 |
1 |
|
|
Roscommon |
2,408 |
2,200 |
4 |
1 |
These figures are not necessarily comparable since the basis of compiling waiting lists may vary between health boards.
Notes
(a)In Dublin no waiting lists are kept. All children are given appointments but they may have to wait between two weeks to five months for treatment depending on which health board clinic they attend.
(b) In the Midland Health Board children's dental services are organised on a rotational basis between the schools and no waiting lists of individuals awaiting treatment are maintained.