David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach if work has begun on the national disability survey; if not, when same is due to begin; the terms of reference and scope of the survey; when he expects the survey to be completed and results available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3741/06]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The national disability survey, NDS, will be undertaken by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, in September 2006. The sample for the survey will be selected on the basis of the responses to the two disability questions in the April 2006 census of population. The survey will broadly follow the definitions and principles outlined in the World Health Organisation's international classification of functioning, disability and health, ICF. The survey questionnaires are being finalised by the CSO in conjunction with a consultative group comprising representatives from Departments, the National Disability Authority and organisations working within the disability sector. Advice has also been sought and received from a very broad range of other organisations, both within Ireland and abroad.

The overall objective of the survey is to provide a more comprehensive picture of persons reporting a disability in the census of population through an analysis of such factors as the degree of severity, the type of disability, the ability to use transport and the built environment and the extent to which persons with a disability are enabled to participate in education, employment and social life. Results from the survey are expected to be available around mid-2007.