Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the total complement of staff at all levels available to the Health Information Quality Authority; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past number of years; if that body has adequate staff at its disposal to carry out its work having particular regard to the number of institutions for which the body is likely to have investigated or supervisory responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18152/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The role and responsibilities of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have increased in recent years and its financial allocation and staffing complement have increased in parallel. My Department is in regular contact with HIQA in relation to its resource requirements. HIQA is currently recruiting additional inspection and administrative staff. HIQA's staff complement (excluding agency staff) stood at 150.7 whole time equivalents at end March 2011 compared to 78 whole time equivalents at end 2008.