Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 January 2024

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Questions (231)

Ged Nash

Question:

231. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in her 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 her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [3244/24]

Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development

The details as requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following table. The Department's Blended Working Policy was derived from the Civil Service Blended Working Framework. It is a blended arrangement of a minimum of 2 days in the office per week, and 3 days at home (where staff have sought to work remotely).

Year	No. of remote workers	% staff who work from home at least 1 day per week	Average home working hours per week	Gender breakdown of remote workers
2022*	164	96%	21hrs (net) – 3 days	101– Female63 – Male
2023**	179	96%	21hrs (net) – 3 days	110 – Female69 – Male

* As at the end of Dec 2022

** As at the end of Dec 2023