Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
Infectious Diseases
9:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reported incidents of tuberculosis in each of the past five years; the locations where such cases are currently receiving treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30294/07]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) monitors rates of TB in Ireland on an on-going basis and identifies any increases in rates or clusters of the disease. According to data provided by the HPSC TB notifications in Ireland between 2002 and 2006 were as shown in the following table.
| Year | Number of cases | Crude Rate per 100,000 population |
| 2002 | 408 | 10.4 |
| 2003 | 407 | 10.4 |
| 2004* | 432 | 10.2 |
| 2005 | 450 | 10.6 |
| 2006 (provisional) | 458 | 10.8 |
| * rate updated with Census 2006 denominator. |
The rates between 2000 and 2006 are lower than the crude incidence rates reported between 1991 and 1999, which ranged from 11.5/100,000 to 18.5/100,000. TB can be treated in all the major hospitals where there is a Consultant Respiratory Physician or a Consultant in Infectious Diseases, who are available in most hospitals nationally.
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