Vol. 491 No. 6
99 Mr. D. Carey asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the number of measures which her Department has enacted referring to people with disabilities; the date of their passing; and if she will make a statement on the jobs created. [12831/98]
I have enacted no legislative measures in this area. Overall legislative responsibility in relation to the rights of people with disabilities is primarily a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
However, looking beyond the purely legislative area, within my Department's area of responsibility, the introduction of measures to assist people with disabilities is a matter for the semi-State bodies and other undertakings in the various sectors concerned. It is my policy that, in their day to day operations, these undertakings should, as far as possible, make their services accessible to people with disabilities so that they can participate as fully as possible in employment and the life of the community generally.
