Latest update on employment of people with disabilities in the public sector
25 Jul 2011
The National Disability Authority has released the latest report on part V of the National Disability Strategy - the employment of people with disabilities in the public service. Across the public sector as a whole, the proportion of staff with disabilities reported to the NDA was 2.9% in 2009. The total number of public service employees reported to the NDA for 2009 with a disability for 2009 came to 6,380, an increase of 297 over the 2008 figure of 6,083.
Having achieved the 3% target collectively for the first time in 2008, the Government Departments continued to improve. Totalling the figures for 2009, 4.2% of staff reported a disability compared to 3.9% for 2008. There is a strong link between positive action measures, such as access audits, disability policies or a Code of Practice, to support employment of people with disabilities and achievement of the 3% target.