Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 July 2014
152. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Defence 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. [28826/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy regarding the total number of sick days taken by staff in the Department of Defence in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 is set out in the tabular statement.
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
Up to 31 May 2014 |
|
|
Self Certified Sick Days |
270 |
246 |
210 |
75 |
|
Certified Sick Days |
3,079 |
2,275 |
2,843 |
1,026 |
|
Total |
3,349 |
2,521 |
3,053 |
1,101 |
Sick leave absences of more than four weeks duration are regarded as long term absences. The information set out as follows outlines the number of instances of long term absence for the years 2011 to date.
|
Year |
No. of instances |
|
2011 |
31 |
|
2012 |
23 |
|
2013 |
28 |
|
Up to 31 May 2014 |
9 |
The Department of Defence adopts a policy of proactive management of sick leave through a range of strategies designed to reduce absence from work.
