Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [16096/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Disability Act 2005 prescribes that each relevant public body, including the Department, shall ensure, unless there is good reason to the contrary for not doing so, that not less than 3 per cent of the persons employed by it are persons with disabilities.

The total number of persons employed by the Department was 4.3 per cent in 2007 (the most recent year for which statistics are available).

Figures in respect of the year 2008 are currently being compiled and will be submitted in accordance with statutory deadlines, to be published in due course by the National Disability Authority in its annual reports on compliance with Part 5 of the 2005 Act.