AIDS incidence and campaign effect
De Rossa asks whether AIDS cases are still doubling annually and whether interventions have helped. O’Hanlon lacks specific figures but says the rate of increase is slowing, including in Ireland, and promises to send figures.
The Minister failed to respond to one part of my last question as to whether all of the efforts made by his Department and efforts by health boards have resulted in the numbers contracting AIDS being reduced or if he could confirm that the numbers continue to double on an annual basis and that there has been no appreciable impact on the problem.
Comment on this
I do not have the figures to answer that specific question but I understand that internationally while the number of aids cases is increasing and obviously we must be concerned about it, there is a slow down in the rate of increase. I understand that that is the position here. In so far as I can have specific figures I will convey them directly to Deputy De Rossa.