Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-14
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Joan Collins (I4C), Dublin South-Central

I welcome that. Bringing the four schemes together is helpful in that it can make the scheme easier to access for both disabled jobseekers and employers. That is where AsIAm is coming from. What is currently provided for by the Department is not sufficient to help some cohorts access the workplace, such as members of the deaf community. There is no structure in place for people who want to access other supports that are not provided for by the reasonable accommodation fund, such as in-person supports. I will be interested to see the review and what the Department comes back with. This has to be accessible for employers and those who want to go into the workplace.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-14