Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the systems her Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards and for estimating the cost of cover or lost input as a result of these absences; and if she will present data for the most recent years on this matter. [39179/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Officers can be absent from work for various reasons including sick leave, annual leave, parental leave, worksharing, term time, special leave with out pay etc. The rules applicable to such absences are determined centrally by the Department of Finance circulars. All such absences are managed by the Department's computerised personnel administration system i.e. the PeopleSoft Human Resources Management System (HRMS). The HRMS is in operation in most Government Departments and assists with administering the workforce, managing positions, recruiting the workforce and administering training. HRMS is designed to work by streamlining and maintaining information for all the Department's human resource needs.