AQW 18608/11-15 Written question to the Minister of the Environment
To ask the Minister of the Environment to detail (i) the number of Civil Servants from his Department who have left work early since 3 December 2012 due to the civil unrest associated with the flag protests; and (ii) the associated financial cost to his departmental budget.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 17 January 2013
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 17 January 2013
- Answer due by
- 1 February 2013
- Answered
- 28 January 201311 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of the Environment
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Similar to other NICS Departments the Department of Environment has a Flexible Working Time facility which allows staff flexibility in the way they arrange their working hours. With the approval of their line manager, staff can leave work in the afternoon within the agreed flexible working hours band (3.30pm to 6pm). There is no cost to the Departmental budget when using Flexible Working Time arrangements.
The Department therefore has no record of staff leaving the office early during the civil unrest associated with the flag protests.