With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 6 together. The information is contained in a table which I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
The following is the table:
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(a)
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(b)
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Salary of chief executive
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Blood Transfusion Service Board
|
3
|
42
|
Male
|
£5,340
|
|
|
97
|
Female
|
(Medical Director)
|
Bord Altranais
|
1
|
1
|
Male
|
£3,175
|
|
|
14
|
Female
|
|
Dublin Rheumatism Clinic
|
2
|
4
|
Male
|
£3,310
|
|
|
15
|
Female
|
(Medical Director)
|
Hospitals Commission
|
2
|
8
|
Male
|
£3,740
|
|
|
17
|
Female
|
|
Hospital Joint Services Board
|
2
|
5
|
Male
|
£3,640
|
|
|
32
|
Female
|
|
Mass Radiography Board
|
2
|
12
|
Male
|
£4,945
|
|
|
26
|
Female
|
(Medical Director)
|
Medico-Social Research Board
|
2
|
1
|
Male
|
£6,590
|
|
|
11
|
Female
|
(Medical Director)
|
National Rehabilitation Board
|
2
|
17
|
Male
|
Scale £3,100 to £3,510
|
|
|
52
|
Female
|
|
National Drugs Advisory Board
|
2
|
1
|
Male
|
£5,340
|
|
|
5
|
Female
|
(Medical Director)
|
Voluntary Health Insurance Board
|
2
|
125
|
Male
|
Scale £3,905 to £4,885
|
|
|
35
|
Female
|
(General Manager)
|
In relation to certain other bodies in respect of which the Minister for Health has functions:—
(i) Bodies concerned with the registration etc. of medical practitioners, dentists and opticians—staff employed is very small and the Minister has no functions in regard to their remuneration; (ii) Hospitals Trust Board—The secretarial services are provided on an agency basis by the Bank of Ireland; (iii) Hospitals—Salaries are in accordance with those applicable in the voluntary hospitals generally.