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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 21 May 1996

Vol. 465 No. 6

Written Answers. - Health Department Personnel.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Ceist:

125 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in each division within his Department; the grade of each such person; the gender balance in each division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/96]

Michael Noonan

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Limerick East): The following is the information requested by the Deputy:

Breakdown

Division

Number of Staff

Grades

Male

Female

Ministers, Ministers' of State and Press Officers

43

1 Programme Manager

1

3 Special Advisers

2

1

4 Personal Secretaries

1

3

3 Personal Assistants

2

1

3 Higher Executive Officers

3

7 Executive Officers

3

4

2 Staff Officers

2

5 Clerical Officers

1

4

4 Clerical Assistants

1

3

7 Clerical Assistant-Typists

7

4 Drivers

4

20

23

Secretary's Office

4

1 Secretary

1

1 Executive Officer

1

1 Clerical Officer

1

1 Clerical Assistant-Typist

1

1

3

Adoption Board

18

1 Chairperson

1

1 Senior Welfare Officer

1

4 Welfare Officers

4

4 Higher Executive Officers

2

2

3 Executive Officers

1

2

2 Staff Officers

1

1

1 Clerical Officer

1

2 Clerical Assistant-Typist

2

4

14

Strategic Policy

91

1 Assistant Secretary

1

Development Unit

4 Principal Officers

1

1

(including Systems

15 Assistant Principals

11

4

Unit, Health

1 Librarian

1

Promotion Unit and

1 Information Officer

1

General Support)

1 Chief Education Officer

1

17 Higher Executive Officers

9

8

16 Executive Officers

9

7

1 Administrative Officer

1

1 Staff Officer

1

8 Clerical Officers

3

5

6 Clerical Assistants

1

5

1 Clerical Assistant-Typist

1

1 Head Services Officer

1

1 Assistant Head Services Officer

1

2 Paperkeepers

2

7 Service Officers

7

7 Porters

7

59

32

Finance Unit

58

1 Chief Architectural Adviser

1

1 Deputy Chief Architectural

1

Adviser

2 Principal Engineering Advisers

2

1 Principal Quantity Surveying

1

Adviser

3 Architectural Advisers

2

1

3 Engineering Advisers

3

2 Professional Accountants

1

1

1 Director

1

2 Principal Officers

2

7 Assistant Principal Officers

6

1

6 Higher Executive Officers

3

3

10 Executive Officers

7

3

2 Administrative Officers

2

3 Staff Officers

1

2

7 Clerical Officers

1

6

3 Clerical Assistants

3

4 Clerical Assistant-Typists

4

34

24

Primary Health Care

55

1 Assistant Secretary

1

3 Principal Officers

3

1 Chief Dental Officer

1

1 Chief Pharmacist

1

1 Pharmacist

1

1 Nursing Adviser

1

1 Chief Environmental Health

1

Officer

8 Assistant Principal Officers

6

2

10 Higher Executive Officers

7

3

10 Executive Officers

5

5

4 Staff Officers

4

4 Clerical Officers

3

1

6 Clerical Assistants

5

1

4 Clerical Assistant-Typists

4

33

22

Secondary Care

34

1 Assistant Secretary

1

2 Principal Officers

2

7 Assistant Principal Officers

5

2

1 Administrative Officer

1

8 Higher Executive Officers

4

4

7 Executive Officers

1

6

1 Staff Officer

1

1 Clerical Officer

1

3 Clerical Assistants

1

2

3 Clerical Assistant-Typists

3

15

19

Continuing Care

41

1 Director

1

3 Principal Officers

2

1

1 Social Work Adviser

1

9 Assistant Principal Officers

5

4

7 Higher Executive Officers

3

4

3 Administrative Officers

3

9 Executive Officers

4

5

2 Clerical Officers

2

3 Clerical Assistants

1

2

3 Clerical Assistant-Typists

3

18

23

Personnel

121

1 Assistant Secretary

1

Management &

2 Principal Officers

2

Development Unit

1 Survey Officer Nursing

1

(including the

10 Assistant Principal Officers

6

4

General Register

16 Higher Executive Officers

9

7

Office, Voluntary

18 Executive Officers

7

11

Hospitals,

8 Staff Officers

1

7

Superannuation

22 Clerical Officers

8

14

Section)

30 Clerical Assistants

6

24

10 Clerical Assistant-Typists

10

3 Paperkeepers

3

43

78

Medical Division

7

1 Chief Medical Officer

1

4 Deputy Chief Medical Officers

2

2

1 Clerical Officer

1

1 Clerical Assistant-Typist

1

4

3

Internal Audit

1

1 Higher Executive Officer

1

—

1

Legal Section

1

1 Legal Adviser

1

—

1
There are also a number of people assisting the Department on a secondment-loan or consultancy basis. For the purposes of this reply job-sharers are counted as individuals.
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