Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1824. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit registered disabled. [1860/18]
View answerPart 5 of the Disability Act 2005 provides for a statutory annual report on the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector.
The latest available figures relate to 2016 when 4.7% of staff in my Department declared themselves as having a disability as defined under the Disability Act 2005. The Department only records data on those staff members who have self-declared their disability.
My Department is also required to collate and report on the employment of people with disabilities in respect of bodies/agencies under its remit. My Department submitted the detailed 2016 report to the National Disability Authority (NDA) in compliance with Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 last year for publication by the NDA in due course. The bodies under the remit of my Department have changed since the 2016 report was submitted, as a result of transfers of functions; therefore, data will have been submitted in 2016 in respect of bodies no longer under the aegis of my Department and other Departments will have been responsible for submitting data with regard to bodies that are now under my Department's remit. I understand that the 2016 report has not yet been published, and I would refer you to my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has responsibility for this matter.
