Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: recognising the many barriers to employment faced by people with disabilities, the challenges and disincentives faced in entering or maintaining their place in the workforce, the fact that unemployment rates for the disabled are more than twice that for able-bodied persons and the urgent need for resources to be made available for training and upskilling of disabled persons to enable them to contribute on a positive level to society, the need for the Government to make available to prospective employers of disabled persons a range of tax incentives such as disability access credits, workplace modification grants and apprentice wage supports to encourage and provide greater incentives for the employment of disabled persons.

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