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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2011

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Ceisteanna (510, 511)

Sean Fleming

Ceist:

543 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams in existence currently being developed and in planning stages on a county basis. [25912/11]

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Freagraí scríofa

The HSE has identified a need for 518 Primary Care Teams and 386 of them have commenced operation with widely varying degrees of activity. The remaining 132 Teams are at varying stages of development.

The table shows the number of Primary Care Teams in place and the number of Teams in development, at the end of August 2011, broken down on a HSE Regional and Local Health Office Area basis.

Overall No of Teams

LHO Name

No. of PCTs in Place (31st Aug 2011)

No. of PCTs in Development (31st Aug 2011)

Dublin Mid Leinster

15

Dublin South City

11

4

10

Dublin South East

8

2

18

Dublin South West

9

9

15

Dublin West

8

7

25

Kildare/West Wicklow

19

6

20

Laois/Offaly

9

11

16

Longford/Westmeath

13

3

16

South Dublin

14

2

14

Wicklow

14

0

149

105

44

Dublin North East

14

Cavan/Monaghan

10

4

27

Dublin North

27

0

21

Dublin North Central

21

0

24

Dublin North West

13

11

12

Louth

9

3

19

Meath

5

14

117

85

32

South

16

Carlow/Kilkenny

11

5

16

Kerry

9

7

12

North Cork

8

4

21

North Lee

20

1

22

South Lee

17

5

10

Tipperary South

7

3

12

Waterford

9

3

8

West Cork

8

0

17

Wexford

12

5

134

101

33

West

12

Clare

12

0

18

Donegal

12

6

26

Galway

19

7

18

Limerick

14

4

15

Mayo

15

0

6

Roscommon

6

0

11

Sligo/Leitrim

8

3

12

Tipp/East Limerick

9

3

118

95

23

518

Totals

386

132

Patrick O'Donovan

Ceist:

544 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Health further to previous questions regarding the position of the chief dental officer replied to on 26 May 2011, the position regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25924/11]

Amharc ar fhreagra

In a response to a similar Question on 26th May, I informed the Deputy that the current moratorium on the filling of posts has meant that my Department has not been in a position to fill the position of Chief Dental Officer. The Dental Advisor formerly on secondment to my Department has completed her secondment and returned to the HSE. Following the review of my Department under the Organisational Review Programme (ORP) we will be reviewing the skills needed for the future and this will include positions such as that of Chief Dental Officer.

This Review of Skills is in the next phase of our implementation of the Action Plan prepared in response to the ORP review and work on this phase will commence shortly.

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