Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Departmental Staff
5:00 pm
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 650: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the median number of sick days per staff in total across his Department and broken down by Department section in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form. [36840/12]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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My Department adopts a policy of proactive management of sick leave through a range of strategies designed to reduce absence from work. Sick leave rates are closely monitored and analysed, and in recent years the number of days lost to sick leave has been reducing. Sick leave rates for the Department have fallen to a current rate of 3.2%. The sick leave data requested is set out in the table below.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| No. of Sick Days | 4,645 | 4,421 | 3,349 |
| Average no. of sick days per staff | 11.64 | 11.69 | 8.98 |
| Median no. of sick days per staff | 2 | 2 | 2 |
The sick leave data on a divisional basis is as follows:
| Division | Planning and Organisation,HR,Finance,ICT. | International Security and Defence Policy,C & A,Defence Forces Personnel Policy,Litigation | Executive,Office of Emergency Planning,Property Management,Contracts,Legislation, Civil Defence |
| 2009 | |||
| No. of Sick Days | 2,947 | 1,008 | 690 |
| Average No. of Sick Days per staff | 11.12 | 19.38 | 9.85 |
| Median No. of Sick Days per staff | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | |||
| No. of Sick Days | 2,642 | 713 | 1,066 |
| Average No. of Sick Days per staff | 10.12 | 14.26 | 15.45 |
| Median No. of Sick Days per staff | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | |||
| No. of Sick Days | 2,187 | 678 | 484 |
| Average No. of Sick Days per staff | 8.71 | 13.55 | 7.12 |
| Median No. of Sick Days per staff | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
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