Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Staff
8:00 am
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 1833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities that have achieved the current 3% target for employing persons with a disability in the local government sector; if he will set out the authority that has the best record in this area and the authority that has the worst record in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1429/07]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The local authority sector as a whole has exceeded the Government's target of 3% for the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector each year since 2001. The information requested is set out in the following table for 2005, the latest year for which statistics are available.
Total Workforce | Total number of PWD employed | % Workforce PWD | |
Local Authority (County Councils, including Town Councils) | |||
Carlow | 335 | 9 | 2.69 |
Cavan | 486 | 3 | 0.62 |
Clare | 1,003.5 | 39 | 3.88 |
Cork | 2,542 | 76 | 2.99 |
Donegal | 1,181 | 16 | 1.35 |
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown | 1,304 | 43 | 3.29 |
Fingal | 1,543 | 60 | 3.88 |
Galway | 1,032.22 | 34 | 3.29 |
Kerry | 1,222.7 | 63 | 5.10 |
Kildare | 1,026 | 27 | 2.62 |
Kilkenny | 626 | 20.5 | 3.27 |
Laois | 401.6 | 15.5 | 3.86 |
Leitrim | 331 | 10 | 3.02 |
Limerick | 778.5 | 26 | 3.33 |
Longford | 342.5 | 10 | 2.93 |
Louth | 733 | 27 | 3.93 |
Mayo | 1206.5 | 61.3 | 5.08 |
Meath | 750 | 24 | 3.20 |
Monaghan | 442.18 | 14 | 3.16 |
North Tipperary | 515 | 26 | 5.04 |
Offaly | 491 | 13 | 2.64 |
Roscommon | 585 | 22 | 3.76 |
Sligo | 558.69 | 18 | 3.22 |
South Dublin | 1,370 | 51 | 3.72 |
South Tipperary | 711.5 | 22 | 3.09 |
Waterford | 566.5 | 16 | 2.83 |
Westmeath | 664 | 8.5 | 1.28 |
Wexford | 861.02 | 24 | 2.78 |
Wicklow | 917.9 | 28 | 3.05 |
City Council | |||
Cork City Council. | 1,527 | 72 | 4.72 |
Dublin City Council. | 6585.75 | 282 | 4.28 |
Galway City Council | 469.5 | 9 | 1.91 |
Limerick City Council. | 567.6 | 20 | 3.52 |
Waterford City | 444 | 24.5 | 5.51 |
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