Local Authority Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Questions (255)

Barry Cowen

Question:

255. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through uncertified leave in 2015 for each local authority. [23541/16]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:

Local Authority 2015 Sick Leave

Authority	Percentage of Paid Working Days Lost to Medically Certified Sickness Absence	Percentage of Paid Working Days Lost to Self-Certified Sickness Absence
Carlow County Council	3.96	0.38
Cavan County Council	2.43	0.19
Clare County Council	3.63	0.25
Cork City Council	3.34	0.44
Cork County Council	3.77	0.47
Donegal County Council	4.07	0.35
Dublin City Council	3.85	0.56
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	3.70	0.49
Fingal County Council	4.17	0.29
Galway City Council	4.58	0.33
Galway County Council	4.02	0.31
Kerry County Council	3.44	0.30
Kildare County Council	4.61	0.33
Kilkenny County Council	3.98	0.37
Laois County Council	2.97	0.38
Leitrim County Council	5.20	0.35
Limerick City and County	3.43	0.34
Longford County Council	4.73	0.32
Louth County Council	4.74	0.62
Mayo County Council	3.99	0.34
Meath County Council	3.96	0.33
Monaghan County Council	3.43	0.14
Offaly County Council	3.44	0.25
Roscommon County Council	3.68	0.23
Sligo County Council	3.56	0.22
South Dublin County Council	5.20	0.47
Tipperary County Council	4.34	0.28
Waterford City and County	4.35	0.36
Westmeath County Council	2.60	0.37
Wexford County Council	3.85	0.38
Wicklow County Council	2.98	0.27

Details of the overall Public Service Sick Leave Statistics for 2015, which include the Local Authority Sector, are available at the following link;

http://hr.per.gov.ie/sick-leave/.