Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence 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. [17774/23]
View answerAs of 11 April, 2023, there were eleven civil servants in my Department absent on sick leave.
A breakdown of the number of staff in my Department who were absent on sick leave and those who indicated that a sick leave absence was due to stress, over the past five years, and to date in 2023, is set out below in tabular format.
|
Year |
No. of staff absent on sick leave |
No. of staff indicating sick leave absence due to stress |
|
2018 |
206 |
1 |
|
2019 |
227 |
5 |
|
2020 |
130 |
1 |
|
2021 |
109 |
0 |
|
2022 |
182 |
4 |
|
2023* |
87 |
1 |
* as at 11/04/2023
