Vol. 555 No. 5
368 Mr. J. Brady asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an indication as to the implementation of the 3% quota for the employment of people with disabilities within local authorities, a breakdown as to the number of people employed with a disability, and the percentage within each local authority throughout the country. [19122/02]
On the basis of annual staffing returns submitted to my Department by the local authorities, the number of people with disabilities as at 1 January 2001 in each local authority employed, the latest figures available, and the percentage expressed in wholetime equivalents, WTEs, is set out in the following table:
|
Number |
% of WTE |
|
|
County Councils |
||
|
Carlow |
5 |
1.84% |
|
Cavan |
4 |
1.13% |
|
Clare |
24 |
3.03% |
|
Cork |
52 |
2.44% |
|
Donegal |
4 |
0.45% |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
27 |
2.20% |
|
Fingal |
43 |
3.38% |
|
Galway |
19 |
2.24% |
|
Kerry |
54 |
4.64% |
|
Kildare |
10 |
1.32% |
|
Kilkenny |
15 |
2.88% |
|
Laois |
12 |
3.24% |
|
Number |
% of WTE |
|
|
Leitrim |
3 |
1.15% |
|
Limerick |
23 |
3.23% |
|
Longford |
6 |
2.50% |
|
Louth |
18 |
2.90% |
|
Mayo |
54 |
5.12% |
|
Meath |
15 |
2.48% |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
0.27% |
|
Offaly |
5 |
1.27% |
|
Roscommon |
14 |
3.14% |
|
Sligo |
12 |
2.42% |
|
South Dublin |
4 |
0.33% |
|
Tipperary (NR) |
5 |
1.12% |
|
Tipperary (SR) |
18 |
2.94% |
|
Waterford |
13 |
2.72% |
|
Westmeath |
8 |
1.83% |
|
Wexford |
19 |
2.70% |
|
Wicklow |
6 |
0.93% |
|
City Councils |
||
|
Cork |
50 |
3.83% |
|
Dublin |
267 |
4.37% |
|
Galway |
3 |
0.58% |
|
Limerick |
27 |
5.13% |
|
Waterford |
21 |
6.80% |
|
Total |
861 |
2.96% |
