Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who took sick leave of more than five, ten, 15, 20 days and 21 days or over in 2011 in all agencies, offices or other bodies reporting to his Department; the length of the ten highest incidences of sick leave across these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33115/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The following shows the number of staff who took sick leave of more than five, ten, fifteen, twenty days and twenty-one days or over in 2011 in all agencies, offices or other bodies reporting to my Department except the Office of Public Works where the information requested is not readily available but, in relation to the Established staff, will be extracted and forwarded directly to the Deputy. As regards the State Industrial Employees the information is not readily available as it is not recorded in a manner that would facilitate a retrieval of the data in the manner requested.

· More than 5 days taken - 114 staff

· More than 10 days taken - 48 staff

· More than 15 days taken - 29 staff

· More than 20 days taken -16 staff

· 21 days or over taken - 53 staff

Additionally details of the length of the ten highest incidences of sick leave across these bodies as requested by the Deputy are as follows:

· 1 -229 days

· 2 - 209 days

· 3 - 165 days

· 4 - 162 days

· 5 - 146 days

· 6 - 119 days

· 7 - 116 days

· 8 - 112 days

· 9 - 92 days

· 10 - 71 days

It should be noted that the sick days shown above include a mix of paid, half pay and unpaid leave. Furthermore it should be noted that Civil Service sick leave policy dictates that where a period of sick leave spans a weekend, public holiday, or any other day on which the officer was not required to work, and the officer remains on sick leave on the day(s) after the non-working days, those non-working days should be counted as sick leave.