Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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189. To ask the Minister for Health the expected rates of increase in heart failure in the next decade; the cost of heart failure here each year; the hospital related costs; the direct cost of heart failure management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29145/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the cost of providing health and social care including the cost of acute hospital services to persons affected by heart failure is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Health if data suggests a 2% prevalence of symptomatic heart failure in the population rising to 10% in those persons over 75 years of age with a further 2% having asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction at risk of progressing to symptomatic failure and over 10,000 new cases are diagnosed annually; the updated figures on prevalence and projections since the original 2010 publication of the cardiovascular strategy; the actions taken on recommendations of the cardiovascular strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.