Employers boost efforts to help people with disabilities get jobs

One worker survey found less than 1% of workers disclosed a disability when 7% would be expected; only three workers identified as Traveller  versus the 60 expected

Eimear Moore, emerging careers lead at Bank of Ireland, with colleagues David Banfield, a graduate of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities who has joined the bank on a permanent contract, and Nivali Mantramurthy, a participant in Bank of Ireland’s graduate programme. As part of efforts to remove barriers to careers, the bank does not require a Leaving Certificate or college degree from most applicants.

Irish employers are prioritising efforts to increase the employment rate of persons with disabilities, especially young people.

This is an area in which Ireland has some ground to make up. A recent report from the European Disability Forum (EDF) found that Ireland’s rate of employment for people with disabilities stands at just 32.6%, versus the 51% EU average.