The numbers of whole time equivalent (WTE) staff employed in agencies under the aegis of my Department, other than the Medical Council, on 31 December 2007, 31 December 2008 and 30 September 2009 (the latest data available) are as follows:
Agency
|
WTEs 31 Dec 07
|
WTEs 31 Dec 08
|
WTEs 30 Sep 09
|
An Bord Altranais
|
48.00
|
49.50
|
42.00
|
Children’s Act Advisory Board
|
14.20
|
16.00
|
13.00
|
Crisis Pregnancy Agency
|
15.00
|
17.00
|
13.80
|
Dental Council
|
4.00
|
5.00
|
5.00
|
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
|
81.00
|
81.40
|
85.47
|
Food Safety Promotion Board
|
35.00
|
27.00
|
29.80
|
Health and Social Care Professionals Council
|
n/a
|
2.00
|
4.00
|
Health Information and Quality Authority
|
33.70
|
77.50
|
132.20
|
Health Insurance Authority
|
8.58
|
8.58
|
8.58
|
Health Research Board
|
80.70
|
83.70
|
77.20
|
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
|
582.85
|
582.05
|
586.48
|
Irish Medicines Board
|
226.82
|
240.62
|
245.70
|
Institute of Public Health
|
20.00
|
19.00
|
19.00
|
Mental Health Commission
|
39.75
|
41.45
|
40.33
|
National Cancer Registry Board
|
41.42
|
46.12
|
49.40
|
National Cancer Screening Service
|
193.27
|
258.79
|
274.47
|
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery
|
11.50
|
11.50
|
11.50
|
National Council on Ageing and Older People
|
12.30
|
9.00
|
Subsumed into DoHC
|
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
|
n/a
|
2.00
|
2.50
|
National Social work Qualifications Board
|
7.00
|
7.00
|
6.69
|
National Treatment Purchase Fund
|
47.40
|
49.80
|
45.60
|
Office of Tobacco Control
|
7.00
|
8.00
|
7.00
|
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
|
19.00
|
19.50
|
20.00
|
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
|
33.70
|
16.30
|
Subsumed into HSE
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
|
15.00
|
15.00
|
16.00
|
Women’s Health Council
|
8.50
|
5.00
|
Subsumed into DoHC
|
Voluntary Health Insurance
|
889.44
|
951.03
|
900.77
|
I will forward information in relation to the Medical Council to the Deputy as soon as it is received from the Council.