Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the adjustments that have taken place in health sector employment levels each year since 2002; the number of clinical and non-clinical posts involved in these adjustments; the locations where new posts were created; the policy measures which instigated an increase in employment levels in those years; if the 2002 Census of Population was a factor in determining need for increased employment numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38327/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Approved employment levels for the health service have been adjusted since 2002 in line with Government policy on public sector employment and also to take account of specific policy measures aimed at increasing service levels. It is a matter for the Health Service Executive, as part of its management of its employment ceiling, to determine the appropriate staffing mix required to deliver its service plan priorities.

The Health Service Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.