Ulick Burke
Question:112 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent nurses employed at University College Hospital, Galway, and Merlin Park Hospital compared to the numbers employed in each of the years from 1997 to 1999; the complement necessary to fully staff these hospitals; the corresponding breakdown between permanent and part-time or temporary in these years for each hospital; and his views on whether the shortage of fully trained nurses is causing problems for the intake of patients on waiting list at these hospitals. [6396/00]