Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59293/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department aims to ensure that the needs of all those who access our services, including people with disabilities, are met and that rights to equal treatment are upheld in service delivery. In line with the statutory obligations set out in the Disability Act 2005, my Department is committed to making its public buildings, services and information accessible to people with disabilities.

Two Access Officers have been appointed in accordance with section 26(2) of the Disability Act 2005. These officers provide or coordinate assistance and guidance for persons with disabilities so they can access the services and information provided by my Department.

Information in relation to our Access Officers is made widely available to the public on the Department’s website at the following link www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/73cce-department-assistance-for-people-with-disabilities/.