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Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Questions (459)

Barry Cowen

Question:

459. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per employee taken; the total certified sick days taken by employees; the average certified sick days per employee; the total sick days taken by employees; the average total sick days and median overall sick days per employee between 2009 to 2012, inclusive. [29265/13]

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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the Table below:

REQUESTED SICK LEAVE STATISTICS 2009 – 2012 IN RESPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE

-

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total number of uncertified sick days taken in Year

2,700

2,259

2,168

1,861

Average number of uncertified sick days per employee in Year

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.5

Total number of certified sick days taken in Year

36,709

31,195

28,628

26,662

Average number of certified sick days per employee in Year

8.4

7.4

7.6

7.2

Total number of sick days taken in Year

39,409

33,454

30,796

28,523

Average number of sick days per employee in Year

8.9

7.9

8.1

7.7

Median overall sick days in Year

2

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

Note: Average calculations are based on the total numbers employed in the Department during the course of the year in question, regardless of whether individuals joined or left during the year.

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