Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the number of people suffering from CHF, CAD, diabetes, and COPD illnesses. [5279/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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As the conditions specified are not notifiable diseases, comprehensive information on the number of people diagnosed are not available. For those with the conditions who require hospitalisation, data are available from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) system which records information on hospitalisations in all publicly funded acute hospitals.

The table provides the number of hospitalisations of persons where the principal diagnosis was the specified conditions for the year 2005. If patients are admitted more than once in a given year, each attendance is recorded separately in HIPE.

Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people here suffering from cardiovascular illnesses; and the number of people who died in the last year for which figures are available, from CHD, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. [5280/07]

Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people here who suffer from type I diabetes and from type II diabetes; the breakdown by age of people with diabetes; the regional breakdown of people with the condition; and the number of deaths, in the last year for which figures are available, of people who died from diabetes of diabetes related illnesses. [5281/07]

Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people here who suffer from hypertension; the breakdown by age of people with hypertension; the regional breakdown of people with the condition; and the number of deaths, in the last year for which figures are available, of people who died from hypertension or hypertension related illnesses. [5283/07]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 401, 402 and 404 together.

The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people here who suffer from asthma; the breakdown by age of sufferers of asthma; the regional breakdown of people with the condition; and the number of deaths, in the last year for which figures are available, of people who died from asthma or asthma related illnesses. [5282/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Asthma is not a notifiable disease and consequently, detailed information on its incidence in the general population is not routinely available. From the research available in this country, however, asthma is a common childhood condition with approximately 10% having experienced an attack of asthma. Similar to other European countries, the level of asthma has increased and is now approximately 20% in young teenagers.

Information on the number of hospital admissions due to asthma, and asthma mortality, is available. The provisional data relating to asthma mortality indicated that in 2005 there were 59 deaths due to asthma. The number of admissions to hospital in 2005 with a principal diagnosis of asthma was 3887. Of these, 714 were categorised as status asthmaticus which is the more severe form of this condition.