Written answers
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Department of Health and Children
Health Service Staff
5:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent staff and temporary staff employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2877/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I wish to advise that the numbers (WTE excl. Career Breaks) of staff in the public health service at the end of 2007, end of 2008 and at the end of November 2009 (the latest data available), as recorded on the health service personnel census, are as follows:
| 31/12/2007 | 31/12/2008 | 30/11/2009 | |
| WTE Permanent | 70,140 | 71,388 | 75,197 |
| WTE Job-Sharing | 3,485 | 3,123 | 3,062 |
| WTE Temporary | 16,197 | 14,084 | 11,087 |
| WTE Locum | 3,691 | 3,061 | 2,595 |
| WTE Part-Time | 12,587 | 14,393 | 12,731 |
| WTE Sessional | 822 | 470 | 352 |
| WTE Training | 4,582 | 4,508 | 4,744 |
| Total WTE excl. Career Break | 111,505 | 111,025 | 109,769 |
| Note 1: Excludes home helps. | |||
| Note 2: Student nurses are included in the 2007 and 2008 employment ceilings on the basis of 3.5 students equating to 1 wholetime equivalent. The employment levels adjusted for this are 110,664 (Dec 07) and 111,001 (Dec 08) | |||
| Note 3: Data source - Health Service Personnel Census. | |||
| Note 4: December 2009 figures not yet available. |
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2878/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I wish to advise that the numbers (WTE excl. career breaks) of social worker grades employed in the public health service at the end of 2007, end of 2008, and at the end of November 2009 (the latest data available), as recorded on the Health Service Personnel Census (HSPC), are as follows:
| 31/12/2007 | 31/12/2008 | 30/11/2009 | ||
| Social Worker | 1,047.97 | 1,061.78 | 1,080.00 | |
| Social Worker, Medical | 141.4 | 140.23 | 138.82 | |
| Social Worker (Non-professionally qualified) | 174.97 | 156.99 | 49.93 | |
| Social Worker, Principal | 234.63 | 223.06 | 223.16 | |
| Social Worker, Psychiatric | 32.71 | 31.53 | 31.99 | |
| Social Worker, Psychiatric Senior | 1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | |
| Social Worker, Senior Medical | 153.62 | 150.22 | 159.91 | |
| Social Worker, Team Leader | 330.98 | 331.71 | 346.84 | |
| Social Work Practitioner, Senior | 138.9 | 137.35 | 147.02 | |
| Total | 2,256.18 | 2,235.67 | 2,179.47 |
Employment data for social workers includes the grade of Social Worker (Non-professionally qualified). The HSE has advised that, during 2009, some of the staff in the grade of Social Worker (Non-professionally qualified) were reclassified to other grades within the census. My Department has asked the HSE to clarify the situation in relation to the reclassified grades and reply direct to the Deputy.
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public health nurses employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2007, 2008 and at the end of October 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2879/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The number of Public Health Nurses (expressed in Whole Time Equivalent terms) employed by the HSE at the end of 2007, 2008 and at the end of October 2009 were as follows:
| Grade | 31/12/2007 | 31/12/2008 | 31/10/2009 |
| Director of Public Health Nursing | 28.85 | 29 | 27.55 |
| Director of Public Health Nursing, Assistant | 164.63 | 178.82 | 169.91 |
| Public Health Nurse | 1,502.82 | 1,521.09 | 1,544.59 |
| Public Health Nurse, Senior (Immunisation) | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Public Health Nurse, Student | 147 | 125.78 | 84.6 |
| Total: | 1,846.80 | 1,856.49 | 1,828.45 |
Data source - Health Service Personnel Census
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