Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Questions (696)

Barry Cowen

Question:

696. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health 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. [7646/14]

Written answers

Minister for Health

The statistical information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The average overall sick days per employee over the four year period was 10.42 and relates to employees of the Department of Health and Children up to 1st June 2011 and Department of Health thereafter.

-	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total uncertified sick days	520.09	437.93	436.26	261.70
Average uncertified sick days per employee*	0.98	0.84	1.01	0.70
Total certified sick days	5284.44	4345.13	4344.76	3670.89
Average certified sick days per employee*	9.93	8.37	10.10	9.76
Total sick days taken by employees	5778.53	4783.06	4781.02	3932.59
Average total sick days per employee*	10.86	9.22	11.12	10.46

*Averages given are calculated by reference to average of monthly headcount statistics in Departmental returns.