Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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329. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons within her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [45324/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Circular 02/1976 Special Leave provides that a civil servant who has been in contact with an infectious disease must absent themselves for work for as long as is advised by their doctor or the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Special Leave for Covid-19 is allowed for civil servants where there is a confirmed case of Covid-19, or a need for civil servants to self-isolate.

The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: