The following information relates to the Civil Service; specific circulars may be downloaded from the Department of Finance website. For managers in the commercial and non-commercial State sector please visit the relevant organisation's website on the links page.
- The current annual leave allowance for:
- Assistant Principals is 30 days rising to 31 after 5 years service
- Principal Officer grades is 31 days per year.
- In addition all civil servants get two extra days leave, known as Privilege days, one at Christmas and one at Easter.
- Periods of unpaid leave are likely to reduce the annual entitlement to paid leave. For example taking unpaid leave for eight weeks will reduce the annual entitlement in that year by five days.
- Work sharers are entitled to a proportion of annual leave. For example if you work half time, you will be entitled to 15.5 days in a year.
Carryover of Annual Leave
- Where it is not possible, because of the work requirements, to take leave it may be carried over into the next leave year subject to certain conditions.
- Leave may only be carried over in two successive years
- The refusal to grant the untaken leave must be due solely to the requirements of official work.
NOTE: The situation in relation to carrying over statutory minimum leave (currently 20 days per year) is different, and you should check Department of Finance Circular 27/2003