asked the Minister for Labour the progress to date on the decision of the Government to establish a quota system of 3 per cent for the employment of disabled persons in the public sector.
Written Answers. - Disabled Persons' Employment.
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The National Rehabilitation Board, at the request of the interdepartmental committee which was set up to implement the scheme, has carried out a survey of a number of Government Departments and State bodies to obtain a clear overall picture of the types of jobs into which eligible handicapped persons could be placed and is arranging to provide a register of handicapped persons considered suitable and most likely to be placed successfully.
A report is expected soon from the NRB and I intend making additional staff resources available to the committee to speed up the advancement of the quota scheme as soon as the NRB report comes to hand.