Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The figure for Defence is €1.1 million; the certified leave figure is €7.8 million. The total cost in the Defence sector is €8.9 million. The total percentage of days lost in the defence sector is 2.65%.

In the education sector, self-certified sick leave for teachers is €6.4 million. The figure for certified illness is €54.9 million, making a total of €61.3 million. The percentage of days lost was 3.4%.

The self-certified figure for special needs assistants, SNAs, is €1.1 million. The certified figure is €6.4 million, making a total cost of €7.5 million. The SNA percentage days lost figure is 4%.

The self-certified cost for health is €26 million; the certified cost is €197 million, making a total cost of €223 million. The percentage of days lost was 4.79%.

In the local government sector, the self-certified figure is €5.8 million; the certified figure is €42.1 million. The total leave lost last year in the local government sector cost €47.9 million. The percentage of days lost is 4.4%.

On the final area of justice, for the Garda the self-certified figure is not applicable. The certified figure cost in the Garda is €27 million, therefore, that was the total cost. The percentage of days lost for the Garda was 7.4%. Interestingly, the self-certified figure for Garda civilians was €0.2 million, that is, €200,000. The certified cost was €2.7 million. The total cost of Garda civilians was €2.9 million, and the total percentage of days lost for Garda civilians was 0.4%, less than half of 1%. I will provide that table to the Deputy.

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