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Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 July 2014

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Questions (128)

Barry Cowen

Question:

128. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, further broken down by uncertified, certified and long-term absence leave. [28823/14]

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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011. The requested totals in respect of the period 2 June - 31 December 2011 and for the full years of 2012, 2013 and this year up to 30 June 2014 are set out in the table below.

2011

2/6 -31/12

2012

1/1/-31/12

2013

1/1/-31/12

2014

1/1/-30/6

Total Sick Days

3,978

4,711

5,511

2,364

Total Certified

3,736

4,378

5,213

2,272

Certified – short term

1,928

1,759

2,167

730

Certified –

Long Term

(Instances)

1,808

(29)

2,619

(49)

3,046

(41)

1,542

(24)

Uncertified

242

333

298

92

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