Noel Ahern
Question:591 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the annual health budget of £4.38 billion which is spent on newspaper advertisement for staff vacancies in the area funded by his Department; if his Department's approval is required for such expenditure; the cost of one page of newspaper advertisements; if a more focused way of bringing vacancies to the attention of suitable potential staff cannot be found; if the specifics and detail of job specifications, which is often shown, is required to be specified by his Department; if he will make a statement on the matter of the expenditure and transfer of taxpayers' funds to the newspaper groups; and the plans he has for achieving better value for money in this regard. [20031/00]
