Disabled People in the Public Service

Summary

The Minister said the public-service target for employing disabled people is 3%, but has not nearly been reached. He said the target was set, prompting a political exchange about the previous Government’s record.

Tom Enright Mr. Enright Fine Gael

Would the Minister be in a position to outline the number of handicapped people employed in each Government Department, if there is a specific policy in regard to the employment of handicapped people in the public service?

0 0

Comment on this

Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

There is a target of 3 per cent in the public service but I am afraid it has not nearly been reached as yet.

0 0

Comment on this

Tom Enright Mr. Enright Fine Gael

Is that the target hoped to be achieved?

0 0

Comment on this

Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

That is the target set.

0 0

Comment on this

John Boland Mr. Boland Fine Gael

Is the Minister saying that his Government cannot reach the target we set?

0 0

Comment on this

Charles J. Haughey Mr. Haughey Fianna Fáil

I am not saying that. But if the Deputy wishes to draw me into that area—and I would have thought we could have dealt with this on a non-political basis—nothing was done in the Coalition time.

0 0

Comment on this