Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Patrick Flanagan:

To clarify, as mentioned in my statement, the goal of the project is not to directly channel individuals into employment opportunities. Over the 12 months of the project, of the 25 or so participants involved, five or six have either gone on to employment or secured employment or additional work opportunities during that time or just after the time they were involved in CREATE. I will not put all of the credit down to CREATE. Our project has worked to develop confidence and to support the participants involved to grow their capacity to seek and find employment, but they have very much been the success story themselves.

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