Written answers

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Department of Justice and Equality

Disability Act Employment Targets

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by her Department in each of the years from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020; if these persons are in full-time or part-time roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4531/21]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 provides for a statutory report on the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector. This report is compiled by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, from information provided by all public bodies staffed by civil servants, and gives details of the number of people with a disability employed in the Civil Service. This report is submitted to the National Disability Authority (NDA).

The absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by my Department in each of the years from 2015 to 2019 is set out below.

- The 2015 report indicated that 100 out of 2009 employees, or 4.97%, reported having disability.

- The 2016 report indicated that 117 out of 2154 employees, or 5.4%, reported having a disability.

- The 2017 report indicated that 129 out of 2371 employees, or 5.4%, reported having a disability.

- The 2018 report indicated that 146 out of 2488 employees, or 5.9%, reported having a disability.

- The 2019 report indicated that 144 out of 2676 employees, or 5.4%, reported having a disability.

In each of these years, the current 3% target of employment of persons with disabilities set in the Disability Act 2005 was exceeded.

Officials in my Department are currently preparing the 2020 return - these figures are not yet available.

My Department does not have data regarding the breakdown in terms of full-time or part-time staff, as the data gathered on disability is anonymised to facilitate staff declaring a disability.

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