Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17789/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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16 officers of my Department are currently on sick leave, and one officer is currently on leave attributed to stress. I have set out the information requested by the Deputy in the table below.  The data is based on information disclosed by Department staff as to the nature of their sick leave absence at the time it occurred.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17807/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Department has zero tolerance for bullying. Allegations of bullying on the part of staff against a fellow staff member in the Department of Transport fall to be considered under the Dignity at Work policy – an anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy for the Irish Civil Service.  Such allegations can be resolved by means of local resolution between the relevant parties/line management or through the various stages of the policy up to full investigation.  The policy ensures that the rights and responsibilities of all concerned are provided for.

In the past 5 years and to date in 2023, my Department’s Human Resources Division has responded to 6 such allegations made by individual employees and I set out below, in tabular form, the information being provided to the Deputy in respect of these individual allegations.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17825/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I wish to inform the Deputy  that 5 staff have been dismissed from my Department in the past 10 years to date, as set out in tabular form below by relevant year.