Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018
26. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of employees in his Department that have a disability; and the way in which this corresponds to the wider public sector, in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular from. [2352/18]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Each year, in accordance with the Disability Act 2005, the Department submits a report highlighting the percentage of staff within the department who have self-declared a disability. This information for all Departments and Offices is collated centrally by the Civil Service HR Policy Division within my Department and forwarded on to the National Disability Authority (NDA) for publication on their website. Statistical information from 2011 to 2015 for all Public Sector bodies can be found on their website at:
http://nda.ie/Publications/Employment/Employment-of-people-with-disabilities-in-the-public-service/
The last submitted report highlighting the percentage of staff within the department who have self-declared a disability for my Department was compiled on the 31st of March 2017 covering the year 2016. This information has not yet been published on the NDA website, however, I have included this in the table. Disability statistics for 2017 will be collated in March 2018.
|
Year |
Department |
Total Employed |
No of employees with disabilities |
% of employees with disabilities |
|
2011 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
309 |
20 |
6.5% |
|
2012 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
369 |
15 |
4.1% |
|
2013 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (inclusive of National Shared Services Office and Office of Government Procurement) |
507 |
22 |
4.3% |
|
2014 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (inclusive of National Shared Services Office and Office of Government Procurement) |
870 |
30 |
3.4% |
|
2015 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (inclusive of National Shared Services Office and Office of Government Procurement) |
1060 |
54 |
5.1% |
|
2016 |
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (inclusive of National Shared Services Office and Office of Government Procurement) |
1189 |
52 |
4.4% |
