Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The system would not necessarily ensure that someone was accurately returned. Last year, 1,050 gardaí were absent for prolonged periods in excess of 28 days. Of these, 317 were defined as an injury received while on duty, 713 were defined as ordinary illness and 83 were defined as critical illness. The courts have stated in several instances that some cases of leave that were recorded as being due to ordinary illness were in fact attributable to an injury received while on duty and some of these were cases of work-related stress.

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