Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital staff at all levels exclusively in the public and private sectors in each year from 1995 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26696/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Data on the number of hospital staff working in public sector has been referred to the HSE and for direct reply to the Deputy. Data on the number of staff working in private hospitals is not collected by my Department. The Deputy may be aware that a recent report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs and FÁS - A Quantitative Tool for Workforce Planning in Healthcare: Example Simulations - included data for certain occupations working in private and independent settings as well as the public sector.