Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people over 66 years in Dublin 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; the number of people over 66 years in Wicklow, Kildare/west Wicklow, in Laois/Offaly and in Longford/Westmeath; the number of public bed facilities available for elderly people in each of the foregoing geographical areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5895/08]

Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The 2006 Census of Population records that there were 122,369 people in the age category 65 plus living in the Dublin/Mid-Leinster region. It also records that there were 92,487 people in this category living in the Dublin/North East Region. The recently published 2006 Survey on Long Stay Activity Statistics (available on the Department's website) provides a summary of individual long stay units, including the geographical information requested. A copy of the report has been posted directly to the Deputy. I would also like to advise the Deputy that the HSE has indicated that it will be opening an additional 100 long stay beds early in 2008 in a new Community Nursing Unit at St Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park.