COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive what interactions the Council has had to date, or plans to have with Job Advocate Support Services, based in Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 (a subsidiary of Stewarts); to outline its strategy for providing jobs to people with intellectual disabilities; to report on case studies if any through the Council's involvement with other agencies and/or private companies?"

REPLY:

While there have been no interactions with Job Advocate Supports Services or similar agencies to date, the Council's Jobs Strategy contains a provision for labour activation measures including working with the community sector in the development and promotion of social enterprise opportunities.   This is also underpinned by the recently adopted South Dublin Local Economic and Community Plan 2016-2021.  Consequently, the opportunity for discussions with such agencies would be welcomed and will be pursued in 2016 by the Local Enterprise Office and the wider Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development Department to examine potential opportunities in this regard.