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)

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

How much of the NDA budget is channelled to the area of employment? This is the single biggest challenge people with disabilities have in this country. I reiterate that we are the worst in Europe - we are the laggards in Europe - when it comes to employing people with disabilities and giving them opportunities. How much of the NDA budget is channelled into writing or creating, or whatever it is that it does, policy in this area?

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