Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 June 2005

Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Mary O'RourkeMary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

We had a long discussion this morning about knocking heads together within the Civil Service where attitudes have to change. As I have said all along, one cannot legislate for changes in attitude. One can, however, legislate in cases where change comes about as a result of people being obliged to adopt certain attitudes, even if such circumstances are forced upon them. Perhaps the Minister of State did not get a chance to have lunch, but I had hoped that over the lunch break he would have re-examined this matter. Has the Minister of State or his officials information on which Departments fulfil the 3% target? If so, could he read the details to the House? I think those statistics would be very significant. When I was Minister for Public Enterprise, my Department used to furnish these figures, which is why I am aware of such monitoring. It would be interesting if the Minister of State could provide a list of Departments that are complying with the 3% target figure for employing people with disabilities. Does he have those figures?

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