Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 January 2024

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Ceisteanna (104, 105)

Ged Nash

Ceist:

104. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [3235/24]

Ged Nash

Ceist:

105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in agencies and bodies directly under his 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 he will provide the figures for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3253/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together.

The information required by the Deputy is outlined hereunder in tabular form with respect to my Department. In respect of the agencies that come within my remit, they are statutorily independent in their functions and this is an operational matter for them. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the agencies for direct reply.

Year	No. of staff working remotely as part of working week	% of staff on overall basis who work from home at least 1 day per week	No. of working hours on average per week staff work from home	Gender breakdown of those who avail of opportunity to work remotely
2022*	728	79.2%	14.84	426 Female 302 Male
2023	791	83.4%	15.05	475 Female 316 Male

* Please note that figures for the Department includes staff working in the Labour Court, The Workplace Relations Commission, the Companies Registration Office, the Registry of Beneficial Ownership, and the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland.

Please note that the ‘no. of working hours on average per week staff work from home’ is calculated as per the number of days and hours per week staff are, on average, approved to work from home.

Question No. 105 answered with Question No. 104.