Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative staff who were employed by the Department of Health in 2005, that is, clerical officers, staff officers, and executive officers; the number of middle and senior managers who were employed, that is, higher executive officers, assistant principals, principals, assistant secretaries, deputy secretaries general and Secretaries General; how these employment numbers compare on a grade-by-grade basis with the numbers employed in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44694/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed below:

* The Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Census returns we are using now were only introduced in 2006 and therefore the figures for 2005 had to be drawn from an Accounts rather than a HR System and in certain instances may not be directly comparable to 2012 in terms of calculating WTE values in respect of worksharers.

It should be noted that the 2005 figures include all General Register Office staff who transferred to the Department of Social Protection on 1st January 2008 and other staff who transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in June 2011.

Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative, middle and senior management staff, non-medical, that were employed by the Health Service Executive in 2005; if he will provide a breakdown of job titles; on a category-by-category basis, how these numbers compare with staff numbers employed in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the total number of whole time equivalent employees (excluding career break) in the Management & Administrative grade category in the Health Service Executive in 2005 and 2012.

Data source: Health Service Personnel Census

The Deputy may wish to note that the HSE has operated a moratorium on the filling of management/administrative posts in recent years so as to focus development funds as far as possible on front-line services. In that context, management/administrative staff numbers reduced by 1,990 from a peak of 13,152 in September 2007 to December 2012 and have continued to fall since then. The 2013 Employment Control Framework requires further reductions.

It should be noted that the methodology by which employment figures are compiled changed in 2007 and consequently the year-on-year figures are not directly comparable. Staff transfers have also occurred both into and out of the HSE in the period and this can contribute to changes in the figures.

I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy with regard to the more detailed information requested.