John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the spend in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date under the reasonable accommodation fund scheme in tabular form. [11507/16]

John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimates provided and the overturn, by cost, under the reasonable accommodation fund scheme in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11508/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together.

Reasonable Accommodation Fund for People with Disabilities

The DSP has the responsibility for providing labour market services for disabled people, assisting them with finding paid employment or preparing them for employment through a training or employment programme. The Reasonable Accommodation Fund is a demand-led scheme in that the applicant applies directly to DSP for these grants.

Expenditure on The Reasonable Accommodation Fund for People with Disabilities in 2015 was €73,925

The Reasonable Accommodation Fund assists employers to take appropriate measures to enable a person with a disability/impairment to have access to employment by providing a range of grants. These grants and supports include:

- Workplace Equipment/Adaptation Grant,

- the Personal Reader Grant,

- the Job Interview Interpreter Grant, and

- the Employee Retention Grant.

Actual Expenditure on the Reasonable Accommodation Fund for People with Disabilities 2013-2015