Welfare staff’s sick leave figures challenged

ANOTHER sensational headline (Irish Examiner, May 11) stated: ‘Dole staff take three weeks a year in sick leave’.

Granted, the report went on to say that, on average, staff members of the particular department were on certified sick leave for just over 12 days per year. That is only one day of illness per month for each individual.

One must ask when did 12 days become 21 days?