Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Minister is aware that only 603 young people between the age of 20 and 24 years who have intellectual disabilities are at work. People with disabilities have a right to work and to the dignity that work provides, and their exclusion from employment increases their dependency on the social welfare budget. As the lead Minister for job creation, can he give an assurance that he will include in the 2014 action plan measures to provide greater accessibility and support to people with disabilities to allow them the dignity of being active citizens by participating in employment?

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