Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 March 2018
277. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the percentage of persons employed in his Department that have a disability, expressed in whole-time equivalent terms and in head count terms; and the way in which the number of persons with disabilities employed compares with national targets. [14442/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraPart 5 of the Disability Act 2005 sets out the legal obligation of the public sector to meet a target of 3% of employees with disabilities. This Act also 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 (32 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.
