Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the Minister. I have just come from the Committee of Public Accounts. I apologise if I revisit any questions that have already been asked. We might stick on the idea that the public sector needs to show leadership, because I like that idea. It is a good one. We recently increased targets for our Departments to employ people self-identifying as having disabilities. The current target is 7%. I wonder where we are with that. I also wonder if it is the right target, because the target in the UK is 10%. Our original target was 3%. I ask the Minister to provide a quick update on this aspect.
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