Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2015
156. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the disability activation project and training options programme, providing training and skills upgrades to persons with disabilities, in tabular form; the number of persons, who participated in each county; who completed the process; the number of employers who provided work experience; the job success rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37535/15]
View answerThe ICTU Training Options programme was one of 14 individual projects supported under the Disability Activation project in the Border, Midlands and West region. The Training Options programme was provided in 8 ICTU centres in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Longford, Westmeath, Galway, Roscommon and Mayo and allowed participants to return to education in an informal setting with resources and supports in place to meet their individual needs. The information requested by the Deputy disaggregated to county level is not available. However, the following data has been provided by the project.
|
Disability Activation project |
People/Employers |
|
Number of people with a disability participating |
429 |
|
Number of people with a disability progressing to further education or employment |
307 |
|
Number of people with a disability progressing to further education |
228 |
|
Number of people with a disability progressing to employment |
79 |
|
Number of people with a disability who continued in economic activity after 12 months |
0 |
|
Number of employers engaged by the project |
125 |
|
Number of employers that engaged in follow up supports from the project |
30 |
The overall DACT project was independently evaluated and this evaluation report is currently being considered by an interdepartmental working group chaired by the Department.
