Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of persons with disabilities employed in his Department and in each body under his aegis; the guidelines issued by which this data are 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Guidelines on the nature of disability and for monitoring the employment of people with disabilities in the Civil Service are set out in the Code of Practice for the Employment of People with Disabilities 1994. My Department fully complies with this code of practice and currently meets the Government's 3% target for the employment of people with disabilities. The position regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in the State bodies under the aegis of my Department is as set out in the following table.

The code of practice does not provide for the retention by the Department of information on the number of staff with a disability who hold a third level qualification. Such information is not readily available.