Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015–2024

The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015–2024 sets out a ten‐year approach to ensuring that people with disabilities who are able and willing to work are supported and enabled to do so. It is supported by the National Disability Authority and a full rage of Government Departments. The Strategy's six strategic priorities are:- Build skills, capacity and independence; - Provide bridges and supports into work; - Make work pay; - Promote job retention and re-entry to work; - Provide co-ordinated and seamless support; - Engage employers. The aim of this strategy is to increase the numbers of people at work, and the proportion of people with disabilities in a job. The measures set out in the strategy aim to address the barriers to employment and improve pathways to work, with the impact on employment building up over time. An Implementation Group will also be established to monitor the progress of the six strategic priorities of the Strategy and present periodic reports to the relevant Minister on the same. The implementation of the strategy will be subject to regular monitoring, and there will be a review and renewal every three years.