Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy regarding staff who donate blood during normal working hours; if staff are required to clock out when giving blood; the measures that are in place to encourage staff to donate blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8515/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not have a formal policy in relation to staff donating blood during normal working hours. However, a number of the Department's staff have been donating blood to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service on a regular basis for many years. Subject to meeting the business needs of the areas concerned, the Department is happy to facilitate this ongoing practice.