Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years and more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49123/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Civil Service policy on leave without pay is decided centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. There are a range of options open to staff wishing to avail of periods of unpaid leave. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of staff in my Department currently on sabbatical/career breaks/Carers leave is set out in the table below.