Written answers
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Disability Act Employment Targets
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by her Department in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020; if these persons are in full-time or part-time roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4534/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Included in the table below are the absolute and relative numbers of those who have disclosed a disability in the Department of Social Protection from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020. The Department cannot report on the number of these individuals who are in part-time or full-time work as the censuses conducted yearly to ascertain these figures are anonymous.
Year | Total Staff | Staff with Disclosed Disability | Percentage of Total |
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2015 | 6878 | 339 | 4.9 |
2016 | 6823 | 348 | 5.1 |
2017 | 6728 | 339 | 5.0 |
2018 | 6725 | 351 | 5.2 |
2019 | 6642 | 462 | 6.9 |
2020 | 6715 | 386 | 5.7 |
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