Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Questions (595)

Barry Cowen

Question:

595. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [29280/13]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in Table 1.

Table 1

 

Details	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees	607.66	496.56	446.63	363.36
Average uncertified sick days taken per employee	1.06	0.92	0.85	0.73
Total number of certified sick days taken by employees	5,918.37	6,546.19	5,117.51	3,905.08
Average certified sick days taken per employee	10.31	12.16	9.71	7.87
Total number of sick days taken by employees	6,526.03	7,042.75	5,564.14	4,268.44
Average total sick days taken per employee	11.37	13.08	10.56	8.6
Median overall sick days per employee	20.41	28	24	19

Question No. 596 answered with Question No. 589.