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Morning Ireland: Damien Tiernan, South East correspondent, visited Waterford Crystal, and reports on the Horizon project, which the company started two years ago
The Government has been called on to ensure that the quota of 3% of people with disabilities working in the public service is both achieved and maintained. The largest trade union in the country, SIPTU, says that a similar target should also be set in the private sector.
In a report on the Employment Status of People with Disabilities carried out by Terry Bryan of the Waterford branch of SIPTU, it was found that 98.9% of people questioned knew somebody with a disability, but just 1.5% knew of someone with a disability who was in employment. The Government, employers and trade unions have now been called upon to campaign to ensure more people with disabilities are brought into the workforce.
