Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department in each of the years 2020 to 2023; the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department in the corresponding timeframe that had full-time contracts; and the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed in her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 that had part-time contracts, in tabular form. [30953/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department places great emphasis on the promotion of the Department as an inclusive workplace, where all staff can flourish including staff with disabilities. The Department was delighted to take part in the Willing Able and Mentoring (WAM) Programme for 2023 / 2024 where two staff members with disabilities took part and have now taken up permanent roles in my Department as a direct consequence of the programme.

Under the provisions of the Disability Act, my Department and three of the bodies under it's aegis (Water Safety Ireland, Western Development Commission and the Charities Regulatory Authority) are required to conduct a confidential staff survey annually to determine how many staff self declare as having a disability. Due to this being a confidential survey, I am unable to determine those who are employed on a part or full time basis. In this context, the tables below detail the information requested. It should be noted that the 2023 returns are still in draft form as they have not yet been published by the NDA.

Pobal, the other agency under the aegis of my Department, is not subject to this requirement under Part 5 of the Disability Act. However Pobal has collected this data as an employer for 2022 and 2023, and that information is also provided.