Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Jim Breslin:

Yes. We are not confusing the Deputy because the first question from Senator Colm Burke sets out both figures. If somebody is working half time, two people are employed to cover the week. If those two people leave and one person is employed to work full time, that is still one whole-time equivalent. That is the number used to express whole-time equivalents. There is also a figure for how many people have employment in the health service and that is the figure the Deputy has, which stands at 135,000.