Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20014/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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My Department is required to report annually to the National Disability Authority (NDA) on the number of persons with disabilities employed on 31st December each year. The NDA publishes the statistics provided on its website in their annual Report on Compliance with Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005.

Since the formation of this Department in 2020, my Department has conducted anonymous Disability Staff Census for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for staff in this Department and the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga in order to monitor the number of employees with disabilities, as required under the Disability Act 2005.

The percentage for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 is set out in tabular form below.

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