Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
Question:241. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit who are registered disabled. [1857/18]
View answerTuesday, 16 January 2018
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The Department is fully aware of its obligations as set out in the Disability Act of 2005 and is fully compliant in submitting its returns to the National Disability Authority (NDA) on an annual basis. The Department has an appointed Disability Liaison and Access Officers, who work in tandem to support staff and members of the public with disabilities who require assistance.
The Department does not possess information regarding employees who are registered disabled. Staff can volunteer to self-declare a disability and, on that basis, I can confirm that for 2016, as reported to the NDA in March 2017, 3% of our staff had a self-declared disability as set out under the Disability Act 2005.
Similarly, the seventeen bodies under the aegis of my Department do not possess information of employees who are registered disabled. The employees can volunteer to self-declare a disability. The following is the proportion of employees who have volunteered to self-declare a disability in four of the bodies under the aegis of my Department:
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General - 4.82%
Office of the Revenue Commissioners - 4.16%
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman - 1.7%
National Treasury Management Agency - 3.16%*
*This figure includes staff of the National Asset Management Agency and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland. Staff are seconded to these two bodies under an administrative agreement with the National Treasury Management Agency.
Three bodies do not directly employ staff, namely the Credit Review Office, the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal and the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal.
A further six bodies have indicated that none of their employees have declared a disability, as follows:
- Credit Union Advisory Committee
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
- Credit Union Restructuring Board
- Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.
- Social Finance Foundation
- Tax Appeals Commission
The Central Bank has indicated that it does not maintain a record of staff with disabilities. Staff of the Investor Compensation Company Limited are seconded from the Central Bank.