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236 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a wide variation in the administration of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of depression where only two cases were administered in County Cork in 2008 while during the same year in County Galway 69 cases received this treatment which is described as a high-risk, low-benefit procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10600/10]

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236 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a wide variation in the administration of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of depression where only two cases were administered in County Cork in 2008 while during the same year in County Galway 69 cases received this treatment which is described as a high-risk, low-benefit procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10600/10]

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