Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the systems his 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 he will present data for the most recent years on this matter. [39182/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Absences from work, with the exception of annual leave, are recorded on the Department's Human Resources Management System (HRMS). Such leave includes sick leave, parental leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, study and exam leave, carer's leave, and force majeure. Annual Leave is recorded and managed locally by line managers in the Departmental divisions and sections. All leave is managed in accordance with Department of Finance regulations and not benchmarked against other systems. Cover is not provided for such absences. In order to provide the Deputy with any further information he may require on the matter, I would ask that he contact my Department directly specifying the actual data and timeframe involved.