Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding currently devoted to training for employers in relation to diversity and disability awareness. [35688/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Disability Awareness Support Scheme (DASS) provides a contribution towards the cost of disability awareness training for private sector employers. The training to be delivered must, for example, provide clear and accurate information about disability, address questions that employers/employees may have, and cover anti-discrimination/equal opportunities legislation.

It is important to note that the amount of funding grants provided under the DASS is demand-led – i.e. the funding / number of grants provided is in response to the number of applications received.

The value of the grants available is as set out below: