Question from Deputy David Cullinane - PQ 14184-26

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for deep brain stimulation; the number of locations providing services; the equipment needs of the existing deep brain stimulation service to provide sufficient capacity to reduce waiting lists; the capacity which has been requested for this service in each of the past five years; the details of business cases submitted by the service; the number of staff working in this area, the number of filled unapproved posts, the number of unfilled approved posts; the number of posts needed for a full service, by wait times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.