Written Answers - National Household Survey.

Tuesday, 13 December 2005

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 612 No. 105

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  230.  Mr. Aylward  Information on Liam Aylward  Zoom on Liam Aylward   asked the Minister for Finance  Information on Brian Cowen  Zoom on Brian Cowen   the projected cost of working days lost to the Exchequer in 2004. [39114/05]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Cowen): Information on Brian Cowen  Zoom on Brian Cowen  The most recent data available from the CSO, collected as part of the quarterly national household survey, regarding working days lost as a result of injury or illness relates to the first quarter of 2004. The data for Q1 2004 shows that the total number of days lost was 1,374,813. This compares with 1,286,100 in Q1 2003 and 1,441,000 in Q1 2002. A breakdown of these figures across illness and injuries is in the following table. It is not possible to calculate the cost to the Exchequer of working days lost. This would depend on a number of factors, including whether persons concerned were paid in respect of days lost or were in receipt of sick pay under the terms of their employment contract; the level of pay of persons [587]concerned; and whether persons concerned were in receipt of disability benefit in respect of days [588]lost. This level of detail is not available regarding the following CSO data.

Persons in employment who suffered injury or illness by total number of days lost.

000s
Q2 1998 Q1 2002 Q1 2003* Q1 2004*
In employment 1,494.5 1,745.5 1,772.0 1,835.9
Injury
Total persons suffering injury 43.1 51.8 43.1 54.4
Rate per hundred 1.7 1.5 1.2 3.0
Days lost 769.2 857.3 610.4 782.9
Illness
Total persons suffering illness 26.1 33.0 38.1 46.3
Rate per hundred 0.8 0.9 1.0 2.5
Days lost 397.3 583.7 675.7 591.9
Total incidence 69.2 84.8 81.2 100.7
Total days lost 1,166.6 1,441.0 1,286.1 1,374.8

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