James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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1807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative and regulatory provisions in place to protect neurodivergent adults in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18936/25]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Equality Acts 1998-2024 prohibit discrimination in the workplace across nine protected grounds. Disability is one of the protected grounds under the Acts.

Discrimination on the ‘disability ground’ occurs where there is less favourable treatment of one person compared to another person because one has a disability and the other has not, or the other has a different disability. ‘Disability’ is defined broadly to include physical, intellectual, learning, cognitive, emotional or medical conditions.

The Acts also place certain obligations on employers to make reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.

If someone feels that they have been discriminated against on the basis of their disability, they can bring a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) provide guides to the legislation and detailed information on making a complaint on their website at www.ihrec.ie/.