Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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1281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed within her Department for each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; the number of staff recorded as on sick leave or absent during each of these years, in tabular form; the number of days lost in each of these years as a result of sick leave or other non-holiday absences; the grades most affected; the provision in place for such absences of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13750/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:

** Non-Holiday Absences include:

Paid Adoptive

Parental

Paid Compassionate

Paid Examination

Paid Family Illness

Paid Force Majeure

Paid Jury Service

Paid Marriage

Paid Paternity

Paid Reserved Defence Forces

Paid Study

Paid Union Business

Paid Witness at Court

Unpaid Domestic Reasons

Unpaid Marriage

Unpaid Study

Unpaid Unauthorised Absence

Across my Department the Grades that were most affected by sick leave over the period 2012 to 10/03/2017 on average were Clerical Officers and Executive Officers.

In accordance with the practices set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform my Department does not hire temporary staff to cover sick leave.  Therefore cover for a staff member who is out sick falls to the other members of staff.