Theresa Ahearn
Question:30 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, he has made in opening up employment opportunities. These are:
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30 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, he has made in opening up employment opportunities. These are:
As outlined in the Programme for Economic and and Social Progress, the Government are committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have equality of opportunity in employment and has, in the past year, taken a number of initiatives to improve employment opportunities. These are:—
1. The Employment Support Scheme for people with disabilities, whereby employers are paid a subsidy in respect of reduced productivity, is being improved and expanded through
(i) its establishment on a permanent footing with its own budget,