Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether MRSA and other hospital acquired infections are under-reported here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17734/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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MRSA is not a notifiable disease. The Health Surveillance Centre of the HSE collects data on MRSA but this would not be regarded as a comprehensive national surveillance system. However, key personnel have now been employed by the HSE in this area and it is expected that a national hospital HCAI surveillance system will be in place in the near future. This will provide inter hospital comparisons which will drive best practice in this important area.