Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Departmental Staff Sick Leave
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 further broken down by uncertified, certified and long-term absence leave. [28828/14]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table:
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | To date in 2014 * | |
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Number of Staff Serving at 31 December (WTE)** | 812 | 77 9 | 748 | 738 |
Number of certified sick days | 6,65 6 | 5,163 | 6,17 3 | 2,69 4 |
Number of uncertified sick days | 702 | 49 3 | 44 8 | 16 5 |
No of staff with sick absences in excess of 20 working days** * | 63 | 43 | 49 | 29 |
* At 30 June 2014
** WTE indicates whole time equivalent staff
* * * Absence in excess of 20 working days considered long term sick absence
S taffing levels were reduced in my Department in May 2011 following the transfer of heritage functions out of my Department to the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht and the transfer in to my Department of the community functions of the previous Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
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