Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which his Department is meeting the agreed national target figures for employment of persons with a disability; and when in each case this target will be met or surpassed. [16097/09]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is meeting the statutory 3% target of employment of people with a disability under the Disability Act 2005.

Arising from the results of the "Count me in Survey" 2006, the Census 2007 and by tracking the disability status of new staff who joined the Department and staff who left in 2008, 5.4% of the total number of staff surveyed disclosed a disability, which surpasses the target of 3% set out in the Disability Act 2005.