Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of suicides and attempted suicides in the south west inner city of Dublin and in the Donore Avenue area in particular; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number of suicides and attempted suicides in the area in each year for the past five years. [11156/09]

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. Although the CSO collects data on a county basis, it is not possible to provide a breakdown on the basis of a particular area in Dublin. The figures for 2008 are not yet available. The number of suicides classified by County for the Dublin region in the last five years are as follows:

In 2007, the CSO made a number of changes in the methods by which mortality figures are compiled and some of these changes may have had an impact on the suicide figures.

A National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm has been operating in general hospitals since 2001 and data is compiled and published on an annual basis by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF). The Registry had near complete coverage of hospitals for the period 2002-2005. In 2006 and 2007, data was collected from all general and paediatric hospitals. The figures for 2008 are not yet available.

The number of individuals treated for deliberate self-harm in Dublin hospital emergency departments since 2003 are set out in the following table: