Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of additional staff who have been recruited by the Health Board Executive and North-Eastern Health Board over the past five years; the number of positions which are in administration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16754/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I understand the Deputy is referring to the number of additional staff in the former North-Eastern Health Board, now the Health Service Executive north-eastern area, as compared to the number of additional staff on a national basis. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

It is estimated that 64% of health services personnel formally classified as "management/ administrative" are involved in direct service provision to the public. The report of the commission on financial management and control systems in the health service, chaired by Professor Niamh Brennan, concluded that there was no evidence to support the perception that non-frontline staff, rather than those providing a direct patient service, have disproportionately absorbed resources allocated to the health service.