Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

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

Dr. Aideen Hartney:

I understand the desire that people would have to understand where different disabilities are being recruited and retained and whether there are any gaps. The balance to strike in this particular reporting duty is between employees feeling comfortable to share their disability anonymously and be assured of that and then when one stratifies by disability that guarantee of anonymity starts to fade away.

I see my colleague, Dr. Tamming, has her hand up online. Dr. Tamming could answer some of that data more efficiently.