Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004
751 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of new posts created within the health sector for 2002, 2003 and 2004; the breakdown of the categories of these posts; and the number of posts within each category. [21392/04]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below in respect of 2002 and 2003. Annual employment data for 2004 from the health service personnel census will be available by end March 2005.
The Deputy may wish to note however that the approved employment level for the health service has increased by 1,150 to 96,950 in wholetime equivalent terms, WTE, in 2004. A further increase of 1,200 WTE's has also recently been approved by my Department for the commissioning of new units in 2005.
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(excluding Home Helps) |
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|---|---|---|
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Grade Category |
Change 2002 WTE |
Change 2003 WTE |
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Medical/Dental |
490 |
17 |
|
of which: Consultants |
118 |
63 |
|
Nursing |
1,966 |
370 |
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Management/Administrative — Direct Patient Services1 |
624 |
49 |
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Management/Administrative — Other2 |
351 |
28 |
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Health and Social Care Professionals3 |
3,349 |
113 |
|
General Support Staff and Other Patient & Client Care3 |
—1,404 |
243 |
|
Total |
5,377 |
820 |
Source: Department of Health & Children Personnel Census.
Notes:
1 Management Administrative —Direct Patient Services are staff who are of direct service to the public and include Consultant’s Secretaries, Out-Patient Department Personnel, Medical Records Personnel, Telephonists and other staff who are engaged in front-line duties.
2 Management/Administrative —Other are staff in the following categories: Payroll, Human Resource Management (including training), Service Managers, IT Staff, General Management Support and Legislative and Information Requirements.
3 The professionalisation of Child Care Workers/House Parents resulted in grade category shift of these grades from Other Patient Care to Health and Social Care Professionals in 2001-2002.
752 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 9 March 2004, if a decision has been made in respect of the aspect of the information technology and communications system that will be financed from the 2004 allocation. [21393/04]
View answerA sum of €72 million is being made available for capital ICT funding under the National Development Programme and Information Society for 2004. At this point, €66.4 million has been formally allocated for expenditure on specific projects and the balance of €5.6 million has been set aside, but not formally allocated, to other specific projects pending final evaluation of the precise level of expenditure to be incurred by these projects in the current year. The breakdown of funding is set out in the table following.
The bulk of this funding will be used to support enterprise-wide system implementations and particular emphasis is being placed on enterprise resource management systems covering human resources and payroll, PPARS, and financial information systems, FIS, in the current year. The prioritisation of these systems is in line with the recommendations of the Brennan commission and will also facilitate the health service reforms programme and the smooth transition to the new structures.
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ICT Capital Approved Funding 2004 |
Amount Approved |
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€ |
|
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HRIS (PPARS) |
24,500,000.00 |
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FIS (Financial Information System) |
18,000,000.00 |
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National Infrastructure |
5,000,000.00 |
|
Health Services Portal |
2,600,000.00 |
|
DIS (Dental Information System) |
2,000,000.00 |
|
Health Research Board |
2,000,000.00 |
|
E111 / European Health Insurance Card |
1,562,857.00 |
|
GP Messaging |
1,300,000.00 |
|
CCEI — National Client Index |
1,000,000.00 |
|
eProcurement |
1,000,000.00 |
|
Primary Care |
1,000,000.00 |
|
Telesynergy |
1,000,000.00 |
|
Haemophilia System |
826,000.00 |
|
GRO |
680,000.00 |
|
GMS Pharmacy |
610,000.00 |
|
Clinical Indemnity Scheme |
360,000.00 |
|
Mental Health |
353,000.00 |
|
Health Link |
306,928.00 |
|
eLearning |
300,000.00 |
|
GPIT |
300,000.00 |
|
Cardiovascular |
250,000.00 |
|
CCIS (Childcare Information System) |
250,000.00 |
|
NDP Management / PMI |
227,000.00 |
|
Public Services Broker / Health Broker — Reach |
200,000.00 |
|
BreastCheck |
196,094.62 |
|
Áit Eile |
182,690.00 |
|
IIS (Immunisation) |
100,000.00 |
|
SSI — Social Services Inspectorate |
87,500.00 |
|
RHASP |
70,000.00 |
|
Food Safety Authority of Ireland |
65,000.00 |
|
Caring for Carers |
50,000.00 |
|
TOTAL |
66,377,069.62 |
Formal Allocation Pending Approval
ICT Strategy / eGovernment
HIS (Hospital Information System)
LIS (Laboratory Information System)
Performance Indicators
Telemedicine Project
