Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Questions (130)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

Question:

130. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit registered as disabled. [1854/18]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Defence

Statistics are compiled by my Department and submitted to the National Disability Authority retrospectively during the first quarter of each year in respect of the previous year. The most recent statistics currently available relate to 2016 and are as follows:

Department of Defence - Civil Servants: 5.39%

Department of Defence - Civilian Employees: 4.31%

The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act, 1927 whose secretariat is provided from within Department of Defence staff.  The staff employed in the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces are included in Department of Defence staffing numbers.

Returns for 2017 will be compiled and submitted during the first quarter of 2018.