Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of emergency neurosurgery procedures carried out in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15521/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The hospital inpatient inquiry, HIPE, system collects information from acute hospitals on every patient. Discharge information for 2005 continues to be notified to the HIPE system, and as a result the data for 2005 are not yet complete. In 2004, there were 2,988 neurosurgical procedures carried out as emergency admissions, in addition to 1,998 procedures carried out on an elective basis.