Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died of suicide in 2007; and the number who self harmed and attempted suicide. [27795/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Data on mortality is compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Vital Statistics. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to suicides in 2007 is not yet available. The latest statistics available by year of occurrence is for 2005 when the number of deaths by suicide was 481. A provisional figure, by year of registration, of 409 is available for 2006.

Data on self harm is compiled by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF). Data for 2006 and 2007 is not yet available. The NSRF Annual Report 2005 indicates that 8,594 individuals presented to Accident and Emergency Departments accounting for 10,789 deliberate self harm presentations.