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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of An Taoiseach

Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide 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. [28968/14]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy regarding sick absence statistics for the staff in my Department in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 is set out in the following table. The figures are based on the full-time equivalent staff working in the Department at the end of each year and to date in 2014.

YearTotal number of sick days take by staff in the DepartmentNumber of USK days taken by staff in

the Department
Number of CSK days taken by staff in the DepartmentNumber of long term

sick absence days

in the Department
20111,402.687.431,315.17862.17
20121,137.598.51,039601.5
2013829.1590739.15280
to date in 2014460.7245.5415.22238

As per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform circular 6/2014 on sick absence, "a civil servant is considered to be on a long term sick absence if the absence is of four weeks or greater".

USK = self-certified (uncertified) sick absence

CSK = certified sick absence

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