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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 18 Feb 1997

Vol. 475 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

150 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent staff in his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the number of temporary staff; the number of staff on contract; and if Government staffing-embargo guidelines are adhered to in his Department and each State agency in this regard. [4523/97]

Limerick East): The number of permanent and temporary staff employed in health agencies under the aegis of the Department of Health for which information is collected is included in the table following. The figures relate to 31 December 1995, the latest date for which information is available and verified. The figures do not include other categories of staff (career break part-time, sessional and training). Details in relation to staff on contract are not readily available in the Department as this is a matter for individual health agencies and varies from time to time.

The recruitment restrictions in force for health agencies do not constitute an embargo on employment. Each year development funding and posts are agreed with the Department of Finance and an overall ceiling on health service employment agreed. Agencies are then notified of revised financial allocations and employment numbers and are required to maintain employment within those limits. With regard to the Department of Health, the total number of staff, on a whole time equivalent basis, at 31 December 1996 was as follows: Permanent staff, 436.5; Contract staff, 3; Ministerial staff, 14; (Minister Noonan, 4; Minister of State O'Shea, 5, including 2 civilian drivers; Minister of State Currie, 5, including 2 civilian drivers).

The Department is complying with Government decisions on the numbers employed in the Civil Service.

Organisation Name

Permanent

Temporary

Eastern Health Board

6,383

1,387

Mid-Western Health Board

2,618

950

Midland Health Board

2,173

584

North-Eastern Health Board

2,279

904

North-Western Health Board

2,708

763

South-Eastern Health Board

3,696

1,292

Southern Health Board

4,695

1,604

Western Health Board

4,138

1,080

Brothers of Charity (Mid-Western Region)

190

62

Brothers of Charity (South-Eastern Region)

143

11

Brothers of Charity (Southern Region)

152

19

Brothers of Charity (Western Region)

333

57

Children's Sunshine Home

9

1

Cope Foundation

275

99

Daughters of Charity

651

95

Franciscan Missionaries Of The Divine Motherhood

106

16

Rosminian Fathers

72

17

Sisters of the Bon Sauveur (Carriglea)

67

14

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

70

30

St. Patrick's (Kilkenny)

93

37

St. John of God

705

155

St. Michael's House (Dublin)

415

3

Stewart's Hospital (Palmerstown)

365

18

Sisters of Chairty of Jesus and Mary (Mooreabbey)

121

41

Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary (Westmeath)

85

15

Sisters of La Sagesse (Sligo)

145

17

An Bord Altranais

29

4

Blood Transfusion Service Board

256

48

Board for the Employment of the Blind

43

0

Dental Council

2

0

Disability Federation of Ireland

4

0

General Medical Services Payments Board

117

1

Health Research Board

11

5

Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau

7

0

National Association of Mental Handicapped of Ireland

4

0

National Drugs Advisory Board

45

13

National Rehabilitation Board

150

15

Postgraduate Medical and Dental

Board

3

0

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

329

5

Adelaide Hospital

258

89

Beaumont Hospital

1,248

324

Caritas Convalescent Home

33

6

Clifton Convalescent Home (Montenotte)

12

0

Coombe Women's Hospital

332

76

Cork Dental Hospital

28

11

Drug Treatment Centre Board

23

5

Dublin Dental Hospital Board

79

16

Federated Voluntary Hospitals

47

4

Hume Street Hospital (Dublin)

43

8

Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital (Clontarf)

47

42

Leopardstown Park Hospital

54

16

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

1,023

267

Meath Hospital

440

104

Mercy Hospital, Cork

288

124

National Children's Hospital (Harcourt St.)

121

36

National Maternity Hospital (Holles St.)

244

52

National Rehabilitation Hospital

203

55

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Drogheda)

475

84

Our Lady's Hospice (Harold's Cross)

235

96

Our Lady's Hospital (Crumlin)

556

118

Portiuncula Hospital (Ballinasloe)

253

50

Rotunda Hospital (Dublin)

287

50

Royal Hospital (Donnybrook)

171

28

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

171

30

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital

211

94

St. John's Hospital (Limerick)

139

49

St. Lukes and St. Annes Hospitals

235

108

St. Mary's Auxiliary Hospital (Baldoyle)

58

10

St. Mary's Hospital (Cappagh)

169

60

St. Michael's Hospital (Dún Laoghaire)

137

16

St. Vincent's Hospital (Fairview)

101

6

St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)

884

231

St. James's Hospital

1,545

284

Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)

306

79

Note 1: All figures are expressed in Wholetime Equivalents (WTEs).
Note 2: Permanent employment includes permanent job-sharing.
Note 3: Temporary employment includes locums.
Note 4: For the 1995 Census, Caritas Convalescent Home is recorded separately. The agency is now directly under the aegis of the Eastern Health Board.
Note 5: For the 1995 Census, Clifton Convalescent Home is recorded separately. The agency is now directly under the aegis of the Southern Health Board.
Note 6: The Irish Medicines Board (estd. January 1996) has now assumed the responsibilities of the National Drugs Advisory Board.
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