Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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367. 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 her Departments’ services who are employed in her Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that her Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59288/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department aims to ensure that the needs of all of its customers, including people with disabilities, are met and that rights to equal treatment are upheld in service delivery. In line with the statutory obligation set out in the Disability Act 2005 my Department is committed to making its public buildings, services and information accessible to people with disabilities.

Three Access Officers have been appointed in accordance with section 26(2) of the Disability Act 2005 and are responsible for providing or arranging for, and coordinating assistance and guidance to, persons with disabilities accessing services provided by my Department and generally to act as a point of contact for people with disabilities wishing to access such services.

Information in relation to Access Officers is made widely available to customers online at the following link gov.ie/en/organisation-information/4c5334-disability-access-to-department-buildings/