Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2015, publiée 105ème session CIT (2016)

Convention (n° 159) sur la réadaptation professionnelle et l'emploi des personnes handicapées, 1983 - Irlande (Ratification: 1986)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Promotion of employment for persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the Department of Education and Skill’s Statement of Strategy 2011–14, in which the Government refers to education provisions for children with special education needs as a long-term objective. With respect to employment promotion, the Government refers to a series of programmes to assist persons with disabilities to obtain employment, including the disability activation project, Employ Ability, Get AHEAD and a number of different grants for job interview interpreters, personal readers and workplace and equipment adaptation grants. The Government also refers to the wage subsidy scheme aimed at incentivizing employers to hire persons with disabilities. Furthermore, the Irish National Training and Employment Authority (FAS) will offer specialist training providers to deliver additional support, including additional training duration, enhancing training content and developing individualized approaches. The Government also indicates that the Local Training Initiative launches community projects that benefit the local community while training the participants. The Committee notes the creation of two groups to assist the Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People with implementing and monitoring the progress of the National Disability Strategy. The Government indicates that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) will process resource applications for children with disabilities who have special needs. Special Needs Organizers then facilitate access to and coordinate education services with children with special needs, which include learning support teacher posts, special equipment, school transport, home tuition and psychological assessments. The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) will continue education assistance during the college admission process, getting colleges and universities to offer places to persons with disabilities. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the measures adopted to promote employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, in particular for women workers with disabilities. It further invites the Government to provide information on the manner in which representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted in the formulation of such measures. Please also include practical information on the achievements in promoting employment for persons with disabilities, including statistical information, disaggregated by age and sex, on the manner in which the Convention is applied, such as extracts from reports, studies and inquiries.

Article 4. Equal opportunity and treatment. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the efforts to achieve effective equality of treatment between men and women workers with disabilities and other workers.

Article 8. Persons with disabilities without financial resources. The Committee notes the partial capacity benefit offered by the Government, which began in 2012. Persons with disabilities will have their capacity to work assessed and will receive income support payments based on the results, reflecting the reality that some persons with disabilities have a capacity to work while continuing to need some income support from the State. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the services provided for persons with disabilities without financial resources, including services to persons with disabilities in rural areas or remote communities.