Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is provided through his Department to ensure that staff dealing with the public at airports, ports, public transport stations and so on have received disability awareness training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44107/19]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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My Department is committed to the whole of government approach to advancing the social inclusion of people with disabilities.

The allocation of funding for agency staff training, including disability awareness training, is a matter for the individual agencies under the aegis of my Department.

I have forwarded your question to the agencies for direct response to you. If you do not receive a reply within 10 working days please contact my office.