Complaints of employment discrimination on the basis of disability, have steadily increased in Ireland. A recent report from the Central Statistics Office displayed figures conveying that people with disabilities were at greater risk for unemployment than people without disabilities. Due to this critical societal issue, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has announced that they will use their statutory powers to craft protective legislation for the disability community in Ireland.
See "Discrimination against people with disabilities ‘persistent,’ Logan says", Jack Power, The Irish Times, October 7, 2019