Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2001

Vol. 543 No. 5

Written Answers. - Western Health Board Staff.

Pádraic McCormack

Question:

309 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Health and Children the total numbers employed in the Western Health Board for each of the years 1989 to 2000 under various headings (details supplied). [27602/01]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

The staffing levels for the Western Health Board area as requested by the Deputy are as follows: The first year from which the information requested by the Deputy is available on a comparable basis is 1990 and consequently figures are not shown for 1989.

Western HealthBoard Area	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Maintenance Technical	218	213	208	209	208	204	199	195	192	196	186
Management-admin	655	684	712	741	793	826	866	889	951	1,037	1,221
Medical-Dental	429	442	423	448	457	463	474	484	508	486	552
Nursing	2,466	2,472	2,522	2,518	2,564	2,651	2,763	2,839	2,970	2,953	3,207
Student nurses	362	350	352	364	348	179	50	0	0	0	0
Paramedical	438	449	437	454	476	503	532	556	614	619	705
Support Services	2,197	2,124	2,102	2,095	2,180	2,199	1,971	1,992	2,125	2,162	2,603
Total	6,765	6,734	6,756	6,829	7,026	7,025	6,855	6,955	7,360	7,453	8,474

Note 1: All figures are expressed as wholetime equivalents.

Note 2: The grade category of Management-Administrative also includes staff who are of direct service to patients, such as Consultants' Secretaries, Community Welfare Officers, Out-Patient Department Personnel, Ward Clerks, Medical Records Personnel and Telephonists who are engaged in front line duties.

Note 3: Figures supplied are as recorded in the annual Health Service Personnel at 31 December each year.

Note 4: With the introduction of the Nursing Diploma programme student nurses are no longer classified as employees and are therefore shown separately.