Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013
57. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach 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 in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [29279/13]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy regarding sick absence statistics for the staff in my Department in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Number of staff with no sick absence |
USK days taken by employees |
Average USK days taken per employee (per FTE) |
Total CSK days taken by employee |
Average CSK days taken per employee |
Total sick days taken by employee |
Average total sick days per staff member |
Median overall sick days per employee |
|
2009 |
101 |
141.43 |
0.71 |
1,915.62 |
9.67 |
2,057.05 |
9.75 |
5.5 |
|
2010 |
101 |
138 |
0.72 |
1,109.45 |
5.80 |
1,247.47 |
6.15 |
5 |
|
2011 |
86 |
87.43 |
0.55 |
1,315.17 |
8.27 |
1,402.6 |
8.20 |
7 |
|
2012 |
133 |
98.5 |
0.49 |
1,039 |
5.19 |
1,137.5 |
5.37 |
5.5 |
USK = uncertified sick absence
CSK = certified sick absence
FTE = full time equivalent
