Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised)
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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On the disability side, we are working with the other relevant Departments to try to do more in this space. I am very conscious of it. We do not have a high enough percentage of people with a disability in employment in Ireland, full stop, and we need to do better. There is actually a lot in place but it is clearly not enough. We need to measure success on the basis of outcomes rather than on what we have to offer. We need to keep offering more until the outcomes improve. It is as simple as that. I can perhaps come back to the Deputy on the other issues because I do not want to leave them out.