Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17779/23]
View answerThe Department actively manages sick absences in accordance with Civil Service rules and procedures. Details of long term sick absences, which occur when a civil servant is absent for four weeks or more, are set out below.
It should be noted that the number of civil servants employed in my Department has increased from 1,360 in 2018 to 2,067 on 3rd April last as we roll out the expansion of Ireland's network of Embassies under 'Global Ireland – Ireland’s Global Footprint to 2025’, the Government’s initiative to double the scope and impact of Ireland’s global footprint in the period to 2025.
The information is set out below.
|
Year |
Number of staff on long term sick absences |
whose absence related to stress |
|
2018 |
82 |
4 |
|
2019 |
84 |
5 |
|
2020 |
72 |
7 |
|
2021 |
95 |
5 |
|
2022 |
113 |
8 |
|
2023 to date |
26 |
1 |
|
On 13th April 2023 |
16 |
2 |
