Disability Act Employment Targets

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 May 2013

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Questions (200)

Tom Fleming

Question:

200. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the target of his Department and subsidiary offices throughout the country regarding employment of persons with disabilities in the special category; whether the target is being achieved; the total number of employees in that category currently and the percentage of the total workforce in his Department that it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/13]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 provides for a statutory target, currently set at 3%, for the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector. My Department annually compiles data relating to the number of staff who have a disability. For the year ending 2012 a total of 122 staff indicated that they had a disability. This represented 5.93% of staff working in my Department.