Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly

Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers
(ii) The names of successful appellants cannot be released as this would be a breach of the Data
Protection Act 1998.
Fire and Rescue Service’s Recruitment Exercise
Mr Irwin asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail who (i) chaired; and
(ii) was involved in the Appeal Panel when the practical aptitude test performance of candidate Doyle in
the Fire and Rescue Service’s wholetime recruitment exercise was considered.
(AQW 13687/11-15)
Mr Poots: Information relating to individual candidates cannot be released as this would be a breach of
the Data Protection Act 1998.
Fire and Rescue Service’s Recruitment Exercise
Mr Irwin asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety who was responsible for the
process of re-testing the candidates who appealed their initial result in the Fire and Rescue Service’s
wholetime recruitment exercise.
(AQW 13688/11-15)
Mr Poots: Successful appellants were re-tested in the appropriate elements by Fire & Rescue Service
Assessors. The Assessors involved in the retesting did not include any individuals who were members
of the Appeal Panel.
Fire and Rescue Service’s Recruitment Exercise
Miss M McIlveen asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail which
elements of the Fire and Rescue Service’s wholetime recruitment exercise candidates were permitted
to appeal.
(AQW 13689/11-15)
Mr Poots: The recruitment competition comprised four stages: a multi-stage fitness test; an
assessment of the candidate’s application form; a Practical Aptitude Test (PAT); and an interview.
Of the four stages, only the PAT had an appeal process.
Elective and Non-Elective Admissions
Mr Dunne asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail how many (i)
elective; and (ii) non-elective admissions there were in (a) medicine; and (b) surgery at each hospital, in
each of the last three years.
(AQW 13698/11-15)
Mr Poots: Information on the number of (i) elective; and (ii) non-elective admissions in (a) medicine;
and (b) surgery at each hospital, in each of the last three years, are given in the following tables.
All admissions to the medicine and surgery specialties within the Acute Programme of Care have been
included.
i) (a) The number of elective admissions to the medicine specialties at each hospital, in each of the
last three years
Hospital
WA 564
Medicine
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Altnagelvin 11,140 8,456 8,397
Antrim 7,141 7,722 7,114
Ards 414 420 444