Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of people who suffer with a mental illness; the breakdown for the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24802/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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According to the World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope, a significant number of people are affected by mental health problems at any one time. It estimates that about one in four individuals will have a mental health problem at some point in their lives. The WHO in its 2003 Report, Shaping the future, has calculated the global burden of disease and found that mental disorders rank second in the global burden of disease, following infectious diseases. Information regarding the number of people in the Dublin area with a mental illness is not available to my Department.