Written answers

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Department of Defence

Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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601. 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 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. [7641/14]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

-2009201020112012
Total number of uncertified sick days455378270246
Average number of uncertified sick days per employee1.141.000.720.66
Total number of certified sick days4190404330792275
Average number of certified sick days per employee10.5010.708.256.10
Total number of sick days taken4645442133492521
Average number of sick days taken per employee11.6411.708.986.76
Median number of sick days per employee2222

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 fell to a rate of 3.15% for 2012.

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