Noel Ahern
Question:157 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional graduate laboratory positions which have been created in the health services in the past five years; the number of similar type graduates which are being produced; if the third level institutions are producing too many graduates; if the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science is a Government agency; if he has an input into this body; if they are preventing graduates from taking up positions due to overly strict criteria; if the vacancies in the health service need to be designated as training positions; if there are differences in the way in which individual health boards operate, vis-à-vis the academy; if some health boards designate all positions as training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10958/02]