Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants in her Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if stress reduction procedures have been put in place arising from attendance at such courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10593/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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In the interest of staff safety and welfare, my Department offers Stress Management training for all staff wishing to avail of it. In 2005 one hundred and nine staff attended a stress management course. In 2006 twenty-eight staff attended a stress management course. In 2007 seventy-three staff attended a stress management course. The Department has three trained Employee Assistance Officers available to staff to discuss and advise on a range of welfare issue, including stress.