311 Deputy George Lee asked the Minister for Health and Children the pay bill for each job title for all staff employed by the Department in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48256/09]

318 Deputy George Lee asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the pay bill for each job title for all staff employed by her Department in 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48272/09]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 318 together.

The total charge to the relevant subhead in my Department in 2008 in respect of pay was €32.010 million. The pay bills for relevant job titles are detailed in the following table, which is inclusive of arrears and historic payments made to certain individuals and other Departments.

*Includes payments made to the following non general civil service grades:

Chief Medical Officer

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Professional Accountant

Senior Statistician

Statistician

Pharmacist

Chief Environmental Health Officer

Nursing Advisor

Therapy Advisor

Dental Advisor

Senior Welfare Officer

Welfare Officer

Probation and Welfare Officer

Legal Advisor

Advisory Counsel (Grade III)

Head of Communications (Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs)

Research Officer (Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs)

Dental Advisor,

Nursing Advisor

Certain payments associated with the running of the Adoption Board e.g. members of the Board.

Due to the length of time elapsed since 1997 it is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown by grade of the pay bill for that time. The total charge to the subhead for pay in 1997 was €12.993 million. I understand that the Deputy is also seeking information on all job titles in the public health service in 1997 and 2008. I wish to advise that a list of all grades in the public health service, together with the numbers employed, for the years 1997 to 2008, along with a copy of the relevant salary scales, was provided to the Deputy in September 2009 in response to Question No. 30539/09. The actual pay expenditure by grade category for the public health service in 2008 was as follows:

Notes: (i) Source: CRS System, Finance Directorate of the HSE. (ii) CRS data do not include data for a number of Disability agencies.