Written answers

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Department of Health and Children

Departmental Staff

9:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and proportion of the increase in the number of public servants in or under the aegis of her Department from 81,513 in 2000 to 113,140 in 2008, accounted for by nurses, doctors, other medical staff and other non-medical staff respectively; the number and proportion of the staff as at both end 2000 and at end 2008 accounted for by nurses, doctors, other medical staff and other non-medical staff respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33620/08]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The figures in relation to the public health service are presented below. Since end 2008 figures are not yet available, data are presented below for end 2007.

Grade CategoryEnd 2000% of TotalEnd 2007% of totalIncrease 2000-2007% of increase
%%%
Medical/Dental5,6987.128,0057.182,3077.34
Nursing29,17736.4439,00634.989,82931.27
Health and Social Care Professionals7,6139.5115,70514.088,09225.74
Management/Administration12,36615.4418,04316.185,67718.06
General Support Staff/Other Patient and Client Care25,21631.4930,74627.575,53017.59
Total80,070111,50531,435
Source: Health Service Personnel Census.
Note 1: All figures in wholetime equivalents (WTEs).
Note 2: excludes Home Helps.
Note 3: Caution should be exercised in making grade category comparisons due to changes in category composition over time. For the purposes of comparison with the year 2000, the categories of General Support Staff & Other Patient and Client Care have been amalgamated for the 2007 figures.
Note 4: Management/Admin. includes staff who are of direct service to the public and include Consultants' Secretaries, Out-Patient Departmental Personnel, Medical Records Personnel, Telephonists and other staff who are engaged in front-line duties together with staff in the following categories Payroll, Human Resource Management (including training), Service Managers, IT Staff, General Management Support and Legislative and Information requirements.
Note 5: The methodology under which employment figures are compiled changed during the course of 2007 with the addition of personnel not previously included in subsumed agencies such as the Health Service Executive-EA (HSEA), the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (GMSPB), Health Boards Executive (HeBe) and the Office for Health Management (now part of the HR function) together with many other posts in projects or post previously excluded such as HRBS/PPARS and Value-for-Money posts (all of which are largely in the Management/Administrative stream) together with the inclusion of student nurses and chaplains. This change was undertaken to represent health service employment on a like-for-like basis with employment ceilings and to more accurately represent a reconfigured health service's employment information. As a result of this change year-on-year figures are not comparable.
Note 6: Student nurses are included in the 2007 and 2008 employment ceilings on the basis of 3.5 students equating to 1 wholetime equivalent (WTE). The employment levels adjusted for student nurses on the above basis are 110,664 WTE (Dec 07).

The figures in relation to the number of public servants in or under the aegis of my Department, at both end 2000 and currently, are being collected at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as they are available.

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