Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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. [17777/23]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below.
|
Year |
Total no. of staff who were on sick leave |
No of staff where sick leave reason was recorded as stress |
|
2019 |
188 |
3 |
|
2020 |
127 |
5 |
|
2021 |
98 |
0 |
|
2022 |
164 |
6 |
|
2023 |
31 |
1 |
Staff are not required to disclose the nature of their illness directly to the Department, so it is not possible to give a full and complete breakdown of stress-related illness in the manner requested by the Deputy.
However, my Department encourages staff to disclose the nature of their illness so that the appropriate supports can be provided.
My Department is guided by the provisions of Circular 05/2018 when managing sick leave related absences, and works in close collaboration with both the Chief Medical Officer and the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service to ensure all staff are supported to recover from illness and return to full health as soon as possible.
