Alan Shatter
Ceist:196 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional consultant's posts approved in each of the years from 1997 to 1999; the dates upon which appointments to each of the posts were made; the hospitals to which these posts were allocated and to which the consultants recruited to date have been appointed; and the number of consultant appointments approved in each of these years in respect of which no appointment has been made or position taken up. [6997/00]