Ms Meadhbh Costello:

On the issue around the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace, there is an under-representation of people with disabilities in the workplace. IBEC and, more broadly, employers are engaging with a number of representative bodies to ensure that effective and inclusive practices are more widely used among employers to support more people to enter and stay in work. For example, the Employers for Change initiative is an initiative that IBEC and a number of NGOs that operate in this sector support. It provides a number of guidance tools as well as information and additional resources for employers on how to recruit, retain and attract people with disabilities into the workplace. I can also think of a number of different models, including, for example, the Oireachtas work learning, OWL, programme, which is run in the Oireachtas, which provides opportunities for people with disability to move into employment.