Appendix 4 High Level Goal 4 – Economic Enterprise and Development
Submission source Summary of Issue Raised relevant to this High-Level Goal 4.3.3 Consultation of Disabled People/ People with a disability 13 June • Work experience should be part of all educational courses. • Access for all designed into all services.
• Cork City Council to move to 6% recruitment of People with disabilities / disables people at all levels. Analyse recruitment practices to remove barriers to recruitment retention and positive disclosure. • Economic advantage to facilitating access to goods & services. • Job coach mentoring (Age limit lifted) • Access to Employment • Bridging gaps between education & work. Revenue has a 21hr cap for the wage subsidy scheme. • NGO’s must be able to access grants. • Work with employers. • Create the Community Forum o The community forum should be initially set up by a cross sectoral group including all main stakeholders in the city both public private sector and community. • safety, have better lighting, and more toilets including it changing space: this should be progressed through the Cork Access Group and the proposed Community Forum • Hub for people with disabilities including several social enterprises. This would also include an accelerator program for Disabled People/People with a disability who have business ideas: Cork City Council LEO / Cork Learning City ACCESS Group • The “disability allowance” can act as a barrier to taking up work. The Department of Social protection needs to be more flexible with people with disabilities: progress through the Community Forum. Wage subsidy scheme – Gives financial support to employers who employ people with disabilities. • More training and work experience for people with disabilities. A stronger link between the services and the education sector and the business sector; Cork Learning City / ACCESS Group • Create a new training Center for Disabled People/People with a disability, include new training programs in the center covering, gaming, AI, and other innovative expanding sectors: Cork City Council LEO/ all stakeholders • Bring in learning into cork city (to all sectors) on the use of AI for all, with a focus on people with Disabled people/People with a disability - cork learning city and if the education sector partners could help with this action
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