Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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1461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit registered disabled. [1865/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is subject to specific legal obligations under the Disability Act 2005. Part 5 of the Act sets out a requirement for public service bodies to meet a target of 3% of employees with disabilities each year.

The National Disability Authority (NDA) reports on compliance with this 3% target. In the last report submitted by my Department to the NDA in March 2017, the total number of employees with a disclosed disability as at 31st December 2016 was 21. This represented 4.32% of the total workforce. Staff in the Department provide this information on a voluntary disclosure basis and do not provide details as to whether or not they are registered disabled with the relevant representative disability organisation/agency.

In regard to organisations under the remit of my Department, the information requested by the Deputy is a matter for the Agencies themselves, however I have forwarded the Deputy’s question to them for their direct response. If the Deputy does not receive a reply within 10 working days please contact my private office.