An overall employment ceiling of 112,560 whole time equivalents has been set for the public health services for 2008. This level of employment provides for 1,050 additional new posts arising from development funding provided by the Government in the Budget Day package for 2008. Following consideration of the requirements to deliver the priorities identified by Government in the Budget package, 1050 posts have been approved for 2008. A breakdown of these development posts is provided as follows.
Service
|
2008 Development Funding
|
No of Development posts to be filled in 2008
|
|
€m
|
|
Older People
|
22.00
|
100
|
Palliative Care
|
3.00
|
50
|
Disability
|
49.96
|
710
|
Cancer
|
15.00
|
90
|
Population Health
|
17.96
|
100
|
Total
|
|
1,050
|
The filling of the above development posts are to be managed by the HSE within the employment control framework for the health services and its own circular issued in January 2008 which sets out revised arrangements for the filling of all posts, including development posts in 2008.
Furthermore, the service plan monitoring process will outline details of the implementation of these service developments including funding allocation and staffing.