Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of persons employed in his Department that have a disability, expressed in whole-time equivalent terms and in head count terms; and the way in which the number of persons with disabilities employed compares with national targets. [14436/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Statistics are compiled by my Department and submitted to the National Disability Authority retrospectively during the first quarter of each year in respect of the previous year. The return for 2017 is currently being finalised.

This is expected to confirm that at the end of 2017 there were 351 civil servants employed in the Department of Defence of which 20, or 5.7%, had declared a disability under the definition of a disability as set out in the Disability Act 2005.

In addition to civil servants, my Department also employs civilian employees who are based in various defence installations across the country. At 31 December, 2017, there were 469 civilian employees employed of which 20, or 4.26%, had declared a disability under the definition of a disability as set out in the Disability Act 2005.