Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [17772/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to inform the Deputy that currently there are 112 (or 2.8%) of my Department's staff absent on sick leave. Of these, four are absent citing stress.
The number of staff who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023 is set out in the table below. Please note that the number of staff who took sick leave citing stress are included in the overall number of staff taking sick leave in each year. Also, absences citing stress include work related and non-work related stress.
|
Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 (to date) |
|
Number of Staff who took Sick Leave |
1,602 |
1,574 |
1,037 |
965 |
1,401 |
629 |
|
Number of Staff who took Stress Leave |
65 |
53 |
32 |
32 |
30 |
9 |
