Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Feb 1991

Vol. 405 No. 6

Written Answers. - Number of Health Board Employees.

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

173 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in each health board in the provision of home help or care attendance as measured in man hours or whole time equivalent; and the number of persons who received help in each year since 1987.

Minister for Health (Dr. O'Hanlon)

The appropriate whole time equivalent figures requested by the Deputy in respect of home help services are as follows:

Health Board	Home Helps WTE
Eastern	649
Western	345
Southern	549
North-Eastern	248
North-Western	132
South-Eastern	171
Mid-Western	234
Midland	204

These figures relate to May 1990.

The figures quoted include both home helps employed direct by the health boards and by voluntary organisations funded by the boards.

Details of the number of persons who receive help each year are recorded at local level but are not readily available to my Department.