Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data on the total number of food poisoning related illnesses reported here since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The list of notifiable diseases in Ireland was amended in 2004, the data pre and post that date will differ with respect to which notifiable diseases could be included under "food poisoning".

The table below shows the annual number since 2001 of cases of selected notifiable diseases that are most likely to be transmitted by food. The Deputy will notice that since 2004, specific notifiable categories are included in place of the general term of "food poisoning" as used in the previous three years.