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

Mr. Adrian Stewart:

Going back to a point somebody made in the area of vocational rehabilitation, structurally our system is that if somebody acquires a disability, be that through an accident at work or acquired outside of work, our system does not allow that person to be caught before they are on long-term illness. The gap there is vocational rehabilitation, where we could be able to step in, put a return-to-work plan in place for that individual and obviously support the employer as well. It is a specific gap.