Employment Support Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-11
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Holly Cairns (SD), Cork South-West

Ireland has one of the lowest employment rates for disabled people in the EU at 32.3%. This results in almost one quarter of people who are unable to work due to illness or disability living in consistent poverty compared to 6.7% of the rest of the population.
Many disabled people want to work but they continue to face structural and physical barriers. What is being done to assist disabled people to get employment and to start their own businesses?

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Sitting date: 2023-05-11