Written answers
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Department of Health and Children
Health Service Staff
5:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, in wholetime equivalent terms, of community welfare officers employed at present; the number employed in each of the years since 2005; and her intentions to recruit more in view of the increased demand on services. [43183/08]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Almost 130,000 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 numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare 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 healthcare 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 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.
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