Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health Study6.0% in ROI and 10.6% in NI felt that in last 12 months there was an episode when their child neededtreatment or care and did not receive it. The explanation in most cases was that the parent wasawaiting improvement before consulting, both in ROI and NI.Table 80: Was there any time in the last 12 months that your child needed medical care for aproblem but did not receive it? (Questionnaire item B1_13)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 6.0% 94.0% 1366 10.6% 89.4% 179Male 5.5% 94.5% 669 9.4% 90.6% 96Female 6.8% 93.2% 666 12.5% 87.5% 805-year old 5.3% 94.7% 512 11.7% 88.3% 609-year old 5.1% 94.9% 395 9.4% 90.6% 6414-year old 7.6% 92.4% 459 11.3% 88.7% 53Table 81: For respondents who indicated that there was a time that their child did not receivemedical care or treatment only. Why did your child not get the medical care or treatment thathe/she needed? (Questionnaire item B1_14_a)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal Could not afford 19.1% 80.9% 47 28.6% 71.4% 14Could not access 23.1% 76.9% 52 18.2% 81.8% 11Work commitments 6.4% 93.6% 47 9.1% 90.9% 11Awaiting improvement 50.0% 50.0% 56 84.6% 15.4% 13Not registered with GP 14.3% 85.7% 49 27.3% 72.7% 11Still on waiting list 27.7% 72.3% 47 53.8% 46.2% 13Other 35.9% 64.1% 39 11.1% 88.9% 9In ROI 15.7% of children and in NI 25.8% were reported as having current or past eye problems, 12.9%in ROI and 16.6% in NI were reported as having current or past hearing problems and 13.0% in ROI and16.1% in NI were reported as having speech problems.100