Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Department of Defence
Departmental Staff Sick Leave
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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411. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per employee taken; the total certified sick days taken by employees; the average certified sick days per employee; the total sick days taken by employees; the average total sick days and median overall sick days per employee in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [29269/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of uncertified sick days | 455 | 378 | 270 | 246 |
| Average number of uncertified sick days per employee | 1.14 | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.66 |
| Total number of certified sick days | 4190 | 4043 | 3079 | 2275 |
| Average number of certified sick days per employee | 10.50 | 10.70 | 8.25 | 6.10 |
| Total number of sick days taken | 4645 | 4421 | 3349 | 2521 |
| Average number of sick days taken per employee | 11.64 | 11.70 | 8.98 | 6.76 |
| Median number of sick days per employee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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 rate of 3.15% for 2012.
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