Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Department of Health and Children
Health Estimates
8:00 am
Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 844: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the population in each of the eight Health Service Executive regional areas in the last Census and in the most recent preliminary figures of the 2006 Census in view of the stated increases in expenditure in the Health Estimates 2007; the population change in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2238/07]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.
| Population of each Health Service Executive (HSE) Area 2002 and 2006 | |||
| HSE Area | 2002 | 2006* | Population Change |
| Eastern Regional Area | 1,401,441 | 1,498,564 | 97,123 |
| Midland Area | 225,363 | 251,380 | 26,017 |
| Mid-Western Area | 339,591 | 360,651 | 21,060 |
| North-Eastern Area | 344,965 | 393,292 | 48,327 |
| North-Western Area | 221,574 | 236,656 | 15,082 |
| South-Eastern Area | 423,616 | 460,474 | 36,858 |
| Southern Area | 580,356 | 620,525 | 40,169 |
| Western Area | 380,297 | 413,383 | 33,086 |
| Ireland | 3,917,203 | 4,234,925 | 317,722 |
| * Preliminary data. | |||
| Source: Central Statistics Office. |
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