Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding recruiting persons with a disability; the number of persons currently employed in his Department; the number of persons with a disability that have been employed since 1 January 2011 to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 466.94 staff employed in my Department (550 whole time equivalents), 5.1% of whom have a disability.  Due to a moratorium on recruitment, no recruitment has been permitted into Government Departments since 1 January 2011.