Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Questions (151)

Barry Cowen

Question:

151. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department and 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. [7645/14]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Details of the sick leave recorded as taken by staff of my Department in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are set out in the following table.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Year	Uncertified sick leave days	Average number of uncertified sick days per FTE *	Certified Sick Days	Average number of certified sick days per FTE *	Total number of sick days	Average number of sick days per FTE *
2009	1070	0.85	8673.3	6.96	9,743.3	7.82
2010	1020.5	0.83	8512.6	6.98	9,533.1	7.82
2011	848	0.67	7984	6.34	8,832	7.01
2012	694.5	0.61	6905.15	6.13	7,599.65	6.75

* Full time equivalent