Rory O'Hanlon
Question:71 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for Health the distribution of the 41 senior area medical officer posts on a health board by health board basis as per his October 1994 memorandum of agreement on revised arrangements for public health medicine and community care medical services; the number of such posts which are filled on a permanent basis by health boards; when the balance of such posts will be filled on a permanent basis by health boards; and the reason there has been a two and a half year delay in filling these posts on a permanent basis. [10549/97]