asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state if a County Medical Officer of Health is a full-time officer, and, if so, is it permissible for him to absent himself for prolonged periods weekly from his duties, otherwise than by leave from the County Board of Health.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Medical Officers of Health.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, medical officers of health are officers of county councils not of county boards of health. If the Deputy intended, however, to refer to the county council instead of the county board of health, the answer to such question would be in the negative.