Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37279/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Health has no role in the implementation of the Jobs Initiative of May 2011; therefore the subject matter of this question is not relevant to my Department.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of the action plan on jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37295/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Action Plan on Jobs is geared towards carrying out the necessary changes across the sectors to make it easier to do business in Ireland so that as many jobs as possible can be protected and created over the coming years. The Plan states that it is not government which creates jobs. Successful enterprises do.

In keeping with this objective the actions included in the Plan for which the Department of Health has a role relate to fostering the right supports and environment within which to do business in Ireland. In the health area it is recognised that this should be done in a way that ensures benefits accrue to the health system and ultimately patients.

The actions include: Promoting greater competition and reduce costs in the health sector by enacting legislation relating to general practice (1.19); Deliver a Health Innovation Hub to drive collaboration between the health system and commercial enterprises leading to the development and commercialisation of new healthcare technologies, products, services and start-ups emerging from within the health system and/or firms (7.2.1); Enact a Health Information Bill to support a conducive environment for health research in Ireland (7.2.2); Prepare a detailed implementation plan for the development of a national biobanking structure (7.2.6).

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37311/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Since January 2012 two interns have been recruited by my Department under the JobBridge Scheme. A number of other staff have been seconded into my Department from the HSE but these were already existing public servants prior to that.