Health Service Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2005

Tuesday, 22 February 2005

Questions (142)

Dan Neville

Question:

139 Mr. Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and the number of clerical administrative staff in each health board area for each year from 1995. [5963/05]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children (Ms Harney)

The latest available information is for end-September 2004. On this basis, the information as requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table. The Deputy may wish to note that it is estimated that approximately 64% of health services personnel formally classified as "management/administrative" are involved in direct service provision to the public.

Total Health Service Staff end-1995 to September 20041

Date	Eastern	Midland	Mid-Western	North-Eastern	North-Western	South-Eastern	Southern	Western	Total
31/12/1995	26,558	3,183	4,850	4,174	4,254	5,960	9,014	6,662	64,655
31/12/1996	27,262	3,300	4,904	4,136	4,285	5,850	9,138	6,795	65,669
31/12/1997	28,127	3,428	5,173	4,440	4,402	6,098	9,273	6,899	67,841
31/12/1998	28,747	3,592	5,399	4,516	4,444	6,266	9,376	7,300	69,640
31/12/1999	30,069	3,625	5,532	4,764	4,771	6,661	9,985	7,387	72,793
31/12/2000	33,116	3,967	6,201	5,147	5,265	7,439	10,828	8,107	80,070
31/12/2001	36,604	4,816	6,904	5,994	6,407	8,015	12,385	9,177	90,302
31/12/2002	38,689	5,251	7,364	6,374	6,722	8,579	13,031	9,669	95,679
31/12/2003	37,801	5,239	7,750	6,929	6,783	8,860	13,252	9,887	96,501
30/09/2004	38,535	5,498	7,922	7,226	6,872	8,627	13,701	9,997	98,379

Total Management Administrative Staff end-1995 to September 20042

Date	Eastern	Midland	Mid-Western	North-Eastern	North-Western	South-Eastern	Southern	Western	Total
31/12/1995	3,400	338	544	527	569	675	1,025	826	7,904
31/12/1996	3,527	360	581	516	594	646	1,083	866	8,173
31/12/1997	3,839	385	648	569	630	729	1,153	889	8,844
31/12/1998	4,138	411	723	680	656	771	1,150	951	9,480
31/12/1999	4662	443	788	744	720	874	1,330	1,037	10,599
31/12/2000	5,265	557	982	876	927	1,036	1,501	1,221	12,366
31/12/2001	6,170	731	1,129	1,043	1,223	1,111	1,813	1,495	14,714
31/12/2002	6,448	812	1,254	1,216	1,218	1,180	1,993	1,569	15,690
31/12/2003	6,388	764	1,303	1,250	1,186	1,282	1,956	1,637	15,766
30/09/2004	6,468	845	1,398	1,284	1,212	1,382	2,039	1,661	16,289

Source: Health Service Personnel Census.

Notes:

1 Excludes Home Helps.

2 Includes all management-administrative and clerical personnel.