Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 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. [17784/23]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that employees are not obliged to state the nature of the illness on medical certificates or on the NSSO Human Resources Management System (HRMS) when reporting illness and absence.
The figures below were supplied by the National Shared Services Office, who maintain these records on behalf of my Department, and were provided by them to my Department on 12/04/2023.
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. This includes those who have opted to disclose the reason for sick leave as a stress related absence.
|
Sick Leave |
No. of staff who availed of sick leave including stress-related sick leave |
No. of staff who disclosed stress-related sick leave |
|
2023 (to date) |
76 |
0 |
|
2022 |
177 |
2 |
|
2021 |
130 |
1 |
|
2020 |
146 |
8 |
|
2019 |
244 |
2 |
|
2018 |
231 |
2 |
Note: Figures supplied to my Department by the National Shared Services Office.
