Bernard Allen
Ceist:239 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of handicapped adults awaiting day care in the Southern Health Board area at present.
Written Answers. - Facilities for Handicapped.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:240 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of handicapped adults awaiting residential placement at present in the Southern Health Board area.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:241 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of handicapped children awaiting day care in the Southern Health Board area at present.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:242 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of handicapped children awaiting residential care in the Southern Health Board region at present.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 239, 240, 241 and 242 together.
I assume the Deputy is referring to people with mental handicap. The numbers of people shown as awaiting mental handicap services in the Southern Health Board region is given in the following table:
|
Adults |
Children |
|
|
Residential Care |
87 |
34 |
|
Day Care |
46 |
59 |