Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Social Protection Issues: Minister for Social Protection
2:00 am
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)
I have a few short questions for the Minister. I want to pick up on the diversity issue. As we look across the large pond, we see people going to war on diversity, equality and inclusion. It is good that we can point to some success here. I want to ask the Minister about his Department. It is fair enough that he put it back to the parties, which is an important thing to do, but I want to ask him about the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department. He will be familiar with this question because it is one I asked of him in his previous role as well. Has he set targets in his Department and, if so, is he hitting them? If he is not hitting them, does he have a plan to do so?
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