Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [30954/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Part V of the Disability Act 2005 requires that public bodies promote and support the employment of people with disabilities and ensure that 3% of staff employed by them are people with disabilities. The requirement applies to the Department of Education and certain of its aegis bodies.

The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities for 2015 – 2024, commits the Government to progressively increasing the statutory target for the employment of people with disabilities from 3% to a minimum of 6% in the public sector by 2024.

The information requested by the Deputy is attached in tabular form. While an anonymous staff survey of all employees both permanent and temporary was carried out in 2022 and 2023, the survey does not identify the number or percentage of people that had full-time or part-time contracts.

The information in respect of state bodies is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.