Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) is still the administrator of St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park; and if not, the reason for same; the title the person has; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39357/06]

Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is working in the office of a local health manager; the reason this is so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39358/06]

Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has employed a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39359/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 266, inclusive, together.

Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the number of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such personnel in order to secure a good supply of graduates to provide for the health care needs of the population into the future.

Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

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