David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1467: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 23 May 2006, if he is satisfied that his Department has met the 3% employment quota for people with disabilities; the percentage of people with disabilities employed in his Department; the number of people with disabilities hired from outside the Civil Service for each of the years from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2584/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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A survey conducted in the first quarter of 2007, in conjunction with the National Disability Authority, showed that 3.1% of staff in the former Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (DCMNR) were classified as having a disability.

My Department, primarily through our Disability Liaison Officer, continues to work with the Department of Finance, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and the National Disability Authority, in the implementation of the provisions of the Disability Act 2005, including those relating to the recruitment and employment of people with disabilities in the Civil Service.