Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a clear strategy to increase awareness of the employment supports available to persons with disabilities; and her plans for further steps regarding same. [49850/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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My Department has a primary role in delivering a wide range of disability related supports, in relation to both income-support schemes and employment services for people with disabilities. These services were provided previously by FÁS and are now delivered through the Department under a new national identity - “EmployAbility Service – which is aimed at supporting people with disabilities to avail of employment opportunities. The supports available include for employers workplace equipment adaptation grants and wage subsidies; and for employees with a disability on site job coaches and mentors. As responsibility for these supports now lies with the Department, a review of how best to ensure the effective integration of these supports into the broader suite of measures provided, will be undertaken and the issue of how to increase awareness of employment supports available to people with disabilities will form part of that review.