Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
550. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11638/17]
View answer551. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11639/17]
View answer552. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11640/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 550 to 552, inclusive, together.
I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
