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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Department of Justice and Equality

Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department and 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; and the average total sick days and median overall sick days per employee in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [7648/14]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy in relation to sick leave for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is set out in the table below. Uncertified sick leave is now classed as self certified sick leave.

YearTotal self certified sick daysAverage self certified sick days per employeeTotal certified sick daysAverage certified sick days per employeeTotal sick days

(certified and self certified)
Average sick days (certified and self certified) per employee
200920050.86223949.52439910.4
201015950.75176238.3192189.1
201116540.74170607.5187148.2
201213480.64180108.5193589.1

It is not possible to provide median details as to do so would require the allocation of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and resources.

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