Bernard Allen
Ceist:377 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of violence against general practitioners reported in 1999, 2000 and to date in 2001. [8034/01]
Vol. 532 No. 4
377 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of violence against general practitioners reported in 1999, 2000 and to date in 2001. [8034/01]
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows in tabular form. These details were supplied to my Department by the primary care units of the health boards. I should add that there could have been other incidents which were not reported to the health boards.
Health Board |
Number of Incidents |
Eastern Regional Health Authority |
1 in 1999. Incident being investigated by gardaí. Situation under review at this location. |
South-Eastern Health Board |
None |
Southern Health Board |
None |
North-Western Health Board |
None |
Midland Health Board |
1 verbal incident in 2001. |
Mid-Western Health Board |
1 in 1999 and 1 in 2000 |
Health Board |
Number of Incidents |
North-Eastern Health Board |
None |
Western Health Board |
None in 1999, several in 2000 involving the same person and which are being investigated by the gardai. |