Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1847. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [17785/23]
View answerThere are currently 8 staff on sick leave with no staff having disclosed stress as the reason for absence. Employees are not obliged to state the nature of the illness on medical certificates or on the NSSO Human Resources Management System (HRMS) when self-reporting illness and absence.
The number of staff who availed of sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, is documented below in tabular form.
|
Year |
Number of staff who availed of sick leave including stress-related sick leave |
Number of staff who disclosed stress related sick leave |
|
2023 (to date) |
37 |
0 |
|
2022 |
96 |
0 |
|
2021 |
59 |
2 |
|
2020 |
59 |
1 |
|
2019 |
76 |
0 |
|
2018 |
66 |
2 |
Note: Figures supplied to my Department by the National Shared Services Office on 12.04.2023
