Catherine Murphy
Question:381. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate of turnover of medical assessors employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40646/13]
View answerTuesday, 1 October 2013
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the rate of turnover of Medical Assessors employed in the Department of Social Protection during the period 1 January 2009 up to and inclusive of 30 September 2013 is set out in the tabular statement.
|
YEAR |
Number of MA’s employed on the 01/Jan each year (including 1 Chief Medical Adviser & 1 Deputy Chief Medical Adviser) |
Number of MA’s who retired/resigned during the year |
Number of MA’s who commenced employment during the year |
|
2009 |
22 |
2 |
4 |
|
2010 |
24 |
2 |
3 |
|
2011 |
25 |
1 |
3 |
|
2012 |
27 |
9 |
3 |
|
2013 |
21 |
4 |
4 |
The Department has a process underway to recruit additional Medical Assessors.