Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September, by month, in 2019 and to date in 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28936/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.

The regulations governing sick leave in the Public Service are SI 124 of 2014. Limits for sick leave are 92 days full pay in a rolling one year period followed by 91 days on half pay subject to a maximum of 183 days in a rolling four year period. The figures provide below are in relation to the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as the figures are not currently being recorded separately for each Department.