asked the Minister for Health if he will give a detailed breakdown of all the voluntary early retirements by staff classification under the health service for example medical personnel, nurses, clerical-administrative staff and paramedical staff.
Written Answers. - Voluntary Early Retirements.
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The number of staff by category who have availed of the early retirement-voluntary redundancy scheme in all health agencies is as outlined in the following tabular statement:
Early Retirement-Voluntary Redundancy by Year and Staff Category
|
Year |
Nursing |
Non-Nursing |
Clerical-Admin. |
Para-medical |
Maintenance |
Medical |
Total |
|
1987 |
248 |
236 |
33 |
25 |
31 |
5 |
578 |
|
1988 |
539 |
636 |
179 |
41 |
64 |
24 |
1,483 |
|
1989 to date |
3 |
13 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
17 |
|
Total |
790 |
885 |
213 |
66 |
95 |
29 |
2,078 |