Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
693 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across her Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and the median number of sick days per staff in total across her Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form. [36838/12]
View answerAs my Department was only established on 2nd June 2011, I am not in a position to provide statistics relating to the years 2009 and 2010 as they would be included in the returns from the Departments where the staff involved served prior to transfer to my Department. In 2011, a total of 1154.83 days were lost due to sick leave. The median number of days lost was 2. These figures relate to the whole of 2011. It is not possible to provide the information requested broken down by section as the information is not collated in a manner which allows for this.
