Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Ireland (Ratification: 1986)

The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government in its report. It would be grateful if the Government would forward a copy of the Guidelines on the Employment of Disabled People (A Code of Good Practice) to which a reference is made in its report, and supply, in its next report, additional information on the following points:

Article 1, paragraph 4, and Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that the provisions of the Convention are applied to all categories of disabled persons. It also notes from the Government's report that there is a possibility of the exception of drug abusers. The Committee recalls in this connection that the Convention allows no exception to the rules according to which its provisions shall apply to all categories of disabled persons (Article 1, paragraph 4) and appropriate vocational rehabilitation measures shall be made available to all categories of disabled persons (Article 3). It therefore asks the Government to provide more detailed information as to the scope of possible exceptions mentioned above, indicating, in particular, whether such exceptions may take place in regard of drug abusers who fall under the definition of the term "disabled person" provided for in Article 1, paragraph 1.

Article 9. Please also indicate the measures taken to ensure the availability of suitably qualified vocational rehabilitation staff, as required by the report form under this Article.