Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 January 2024

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Questions (206)

Ged Nash

Question:

206. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in his Department 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 his Department work from home; the gender breakdown of those who avail of the opportunity to work from home/remotely; if they will provide the figures for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3240/24]

Written answers

Minister for Health

My Department’s Blended Working policy was launched on the 30th of June 2022 and allows staff members to request a maximum of 3 days per week working remotely.  The application process is ongoing as new members of staff join the Department and to date no application has been declined. The breakdown of applications in 2022 and 2023 is provided below in tabular form.

Gender	2022 (31/12/2022)	2023 (31/12/2023)
Male	266 (41% of Employee Headcount)	253 (38% of Employee Headcount)
Female	358 (55% of Employee Headcount)	326 (49% of Employee Headcount)
Total	624 (96% of Employee Headcount)	579 (88% of Employee Headcount)