Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
671 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and the median number of sick days per staff in total across his Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form. [36836/12]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in respect of the overall Departmental sick leave statistics is contained in the Table below. A breakdown by Department section is not available.
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
|
Total no. of days lost to sick leave |
39,409 |
33,454 |
30,796 |
|
Total number employed in Year |
4,389 |
4,213 |
3,758 |
|
Average number of sick days per staff member |
8.9 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
|
Median number of sick days taken |
2 |
2 |
2 |
*Total number employed during the year regardless of whether they joined or left during the year.
