Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Public Sector Staff

10:00 am

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 416: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the quotas in place across the public sector to ensure the employment of persons with a disability; the number of persons with a disability employed locally in Cork city and county, at vocational education committee level in Cork city and county and all other State agencies in Cork city and county. [29984/10]

Photo of John MoloneyJohn Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Under Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005, public bodies are obliged to employ 3% of staff with disabilities, unless there are good reasons to the contrary. This provision has been in force since 31 December 2005.

The "2008 Report on Compliance with Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 on Employment of People with Disabilities in the Public Service" contains the most recent official figures for the number of people with declared disabilities employed in State agencies that adhere to the definition of a public body set out in section 46 of the Act. The figures are neither collected nor broken down on a regional or county basis.

Vocational Education Committees (VECs) do not adhere to the definition of a public body as set out and so do not come under the remit of Part 5 of the Act. However, some VECs voluntarily submitted the relevant information, which is contained in Appendix C of the Report for 2008.

The report is available from the National Disability Authority website at www.nda.ie.

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