Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and public bodies within his area of responsibility; the number who have been absent from work for up to three, three to six, six to 12 and over 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of staff presently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in my Department for any of the time periods requested by the Deputy is nil.

The only State body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. There is no absenteeism due to suspension or workplace disputes in the Army Pensions Board.