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Sectoral Plan of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Section 37)

The Disability Act, 2005 requires the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment to prepare a sectoral plan to contain (in addition to the general requirements in section 31) information concerning-

1. vocational training and employment support services and programmes made available to persons with disabilities by FÁS
2. a programme of measures proposed to be taken for and in relation to the provision of appropriate vocational training and employment support services to facilitate the integration of persons with disabilities into employment
3. measures to be taken to review the delivery of such training and services and the time within which such review is to be carried out
4. any measures to be taken to ensure more effective provision of such training and services, and
5. any other matters which the minister considers appropriate

The Act also requires that a sectoral plan by the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment shall provide for appropriate co-operation by the Minister and the Minister for Social and Family Affairs and the Minister for Health and Children in relation to the Development and co-ordination of services related to the foregoing services provided by the two Ministers for persons with disabilities.