asked the Minister for Health the number and types of approved staff on (i) 1st March, 1973 and (ii) at a current date at (a) Wexford County Surgical Hospital and (b) the County Medical Hospital, Brownswood, Enniscorthy, County Wexford.

On the 1st March, 1973, the total approved staff for the County Surgical Hospital, Wexford, was 149. On the 1st April, 1977, the total approved staff was 216 giving an increase of 67 in approved heads of staff. On the 1st March, 1973, the total approved staff for the Medical Hospital, Brownswood, was 84. On the 1st April, 1977, the total approved staff was 99 giving an increase of 15 in approved heads of staff.

These figures are broken down as follows:

The number of approved Posts in the different grades is as follows: