Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Garret AhearnGarret Ahearn (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I thank the witnesses for their enlightening presentations. Some of the challenges that people have include understanding the sector and what needs to be done, being nervous about asking the right questions and feeling they cannot have a bit of fun about it as well. A colleague in our party, Senator Conway, makes fun about it all the time and is very easygoing. I was with him two weeks ago at the National Learning Network in Tallaght. When we came out of the building, he went to the wrong side of the car. We joked about how he thought he was driving back to Leinster House. It is about having a bit of fun with it. A challenge for businesses is their unease or nervousness about how to manage these situations.

I wish to ask a couple of questions, the first of which Deputy Stanton picked up on, that being, digital accessibility in the 600 recruitment companies that have not changed their ways, particularly the two that were meant to by law, which I assume are Publicjobs.ie and Irishjobs.ie. What exactly was their response? They have a responsibility-----

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