Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2004
380 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who have left each individual hospital in the North Eastern Health Board region since 1 January 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have been informed by the North Eastern Health Board that a total of 20 consultants have left the board's employment since 1 January 1998. The posts involved are allocated as follows: Cavan Hospital — four; Monaghan Hospital — five; Louth County Hospital, Dundalk — one; Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda — one; Our Lady's Hospital, Navan — five.
Some 19 of the 20 posts have been reapproved for filling by Comhairle na nOspidéal, the remaining post only became vacant in recent months. The total complement of consultants in the North Eastern Health Board is currently 119. The number of consultants leaving employment in the board over the six year period in question represents an average of less than 3% per year of the total complement.
