Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Bullying in the Workplace
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on an annual basis, in tabular form; if these complaints have been investigated; the outcome of each investigation; and the policies in place within his Department to combat bullying and sexual harassment. [2311/18]
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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There have been no bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within my department in the period since 2011. The Dignity at Work Policy was introduced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2015 across the Civil Service to promote respect, dignity, safety, and equality in the workplace. The main purpose of this policy is to ensure all members of staff are aware that any form of bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment is unacceptable and every member of staff has a duty to behave in an acceptable and respectful manner.
The Human Resources section in my Department provided information sessions to staff in 2015 and 2016 providing awareness of the policy, their obligations under the policy and the process to be undertaken where individuals believe that they have been bullied, harassed, or sexually harassed. All new staff recruited to my Department are informed of their obligations under the policy as part of the Department's induction training programme.
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