Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such persons who have been in receipt of this payment in excess of 14 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45327/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The number of officers who have availed of Special Leave with Pay for COVID-19, up to 1 July 2022 and therefrom, is set out in tabular form below:

My Department is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all staff and customers. The arrangements for Special Leave with pay for COVID-19 were introduced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in March 2020 to assist in the prevention of the onward spread of COVID-19 in work premises and are renewed and monitored by that Department in line with expert public health advice.