David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the yearly expenditure to date on the national disability strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39271/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Much of Sectoral Plan covering the activities of the Department and its Agencies, under the National Disability Act 2005, involves fully integrating the needs of persons with disabilities into policy, legislative and operational matters within the Department's remit.

In addition, matters relating to the National Disability Strategy and to serving the needs of persons with disabilities are mainstreamed, within the Department's remit, as an integral part of operational expenditure on such issues as health and safety and building configuration and maintenance.

For these reasons it is not possible to fully disaggregate expenditure on elements of these activities which relate to disability. Where it has been possible to disaggregate the data, I can advise the Deputy that expenditure since 2005 is set out as follows. I would emphasise that because of the critical need to integrate as much as possible of disability related activity into core functions the following costs represent the small portion of actual spend which is separately identifiable.