Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 January 2024

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Questions (149)

Ged Nash

Question:

149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in agencies and bodies directly under her aegis who work from home/remotely as part of their working week; the percentage of staff on an overall basis who work from home at least one day a week; the number of working hours on average per week that staff in relevant agencies and bodies work from home; the gender breakdown of those who avail of the opportunity to work from home/remotely; if she will provide the figures for 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3263/24]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The Agencies and Bodies under my aegis are Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Authority. The tables below highlight the position in both organisations.

Citizens Information Board

	2022	2023
No. of staff working remotely	77	78
% of staff at least 1 day per week remotely	96%	95%
Average working hours remote per week	19.11	19.33
Gender breakdown of those availing of remote working	96% of all Female employees96% of all Male employees	94% of all female employees96% of all male employees

Pensions Authority

	2022	2023
No. of staff working remotely	85	83
% of staff at least 1 day per week remotely	99%	99%
Average working hours remote per week	28	28
Gender breakdown of those availing of remote working	100% of female employees99% of male employees	100% of female employees99% of male employees