Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection 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. [17786/23]
View answerThe table below illustrates the number of staff who are currently absent, as of 12 April 2023, on sick leave, and of those 317 staff, those who are medically certified as either ‘stress’ or ‘work stress’ i.e. 15 staff.
2023 to date figures are also given, as are those for the previous five years. These figures reflect total number of separate absences within these years, i.e., they include repeat/multiple absences by same officer.
|
Year |
No. of individual absences on sick leave |
No. of absences related to stress |
|
2023 to date |
2615 |
26 |
|
2022 |
8627 |
154 |
|
2021 |
5874 |
147 |
|
2020 |
5983 |
168 |
|
2019 |
10549 |
236 |
|
2018 |
10968 |
286 |
