Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of persons, with disabilities employed in her Department and in each body under her aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data is to be recorded in the public service; the nature of the disabilities; the levels of employment; the percentage of the total numbers of persons with disabilities in each sector who are holders of third level qualifications; the precise definition of disability which is used in the public service to meet the 3% quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34140/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The guidelines issued for monitoring the employment of people with disabilities by public bodies are set out in the Code of Practice for the Civil Service 1994. Information on the nature of their disabilities, grade or any specific qualifications they might hold is not currently collected. Numbers are only collected to provide statistics on the employment of people with disabilities in the public service.

The policy for the 3% target for the employment of people with disabilities in the Civil Service is the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. The percentage of persons with disabilities employed in the Department is 2.7%. The Department undertakes an annual survey of the number and percentage of persons with disabilities employed in each body under the aegis of the Department. The latest figures available are for end 2004 and are set out in the table. The returns of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the North Eastern Health Board were incomplete.