Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 832: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will apply the disability criteria on employment to the new decentralised public offices that will open at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33091/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The disability criteria will apply to the new decentralised public office in County Donegal as one of many locations in the Department, to which the employment criteria on staff with disabilities applies.

The target of 3% for the employment of people with a disability under Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 is an overall target for the Department. It is not a requirement for individual offices. Within this Department the target is currently exceeded. Recruitment to the Department is through the Public Appointments Service who adheres to a Code of Practice for the Appointment of Persons with Disabilities to Positions in the Civil Service and Certain Public Bodies.