Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 July 2014
112. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, further broken down by uncertified, certified and long-term absence leave. [28835/14]
View answerDetails of the number of sick days taken by staff in my Department in 2011, 2012, 2013, and the 2014 year to date are provided below.
The table provides details of the total number of staff and the staff who took sick leave in each of the specified areas as follows: the total number of uncertified (self-certified) sick days taken by employees; the total certified sick days taken by employees; the total number of sick days taken by employees; the total number of long-term absence sick days taken by employees.
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2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 - (to 30th June) |
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Number of Staff in Department on 31 December |
5,315 |
7,079 |
6,987 |
6,863 |
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Number of employees who took sick leave |
3,591 - (74.34%) |
4,238 - (59.86%) |
5,068 - (72.53%) |
3,374 - (49.16%) |
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Total number of uncertified (self-certified) sick leave days |
5,501 |
6,162 |
5,987 |
2,361 |
|
Total number of certified sick leave days |
66,179 |
82,851 |
82,346 |
35,890 |
|
Total number of sick days |
71,680 |
89,013 |
88,333 |
38,251 |
|
Total number of sick leave days for long term absences (over 28 days) |
44,760 - (62.44%) |
48,895 - (54.93%) |
47,698 - (53.99%) |
20,252 - (52.94%) |
