Employment and Disability Supports

The purpose of the Retention Grant is to encourage and assist employers in the private sector in retaining existing employees who develop a disability through sickness or injury while in employment

Revenue Job Assist will give employers double wage deduction in their accounts for a period of three years if they recruit a person who has been unemployed for 12 months or more

The Supported Employment Programme is an active labour market initiative to assist jobseekers with a disability to find employment in the open labour market.

If you are a person with a disability who has been offered employment or are currently in employment and require a more accessible workplace or adapted equipment to do your job, you or your employer may apply to FÁS for a grant towards the costs of adapting the workplace or equipment

This is a weekly social welfare payment that can be made in addition to wages. It provides a financial cushion to support social welfare recipients who return to work for a minimum of 20 hours per week

The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BWEA) scheme encourages people getting certain social welfare payments to become self-employed.

This scheme benefits employers who recruit eligible workers. To qualify, the employer must take on an employee who is getting the Back to Work Allowance for the first time on the day he or she starts work with the company.  

The FÁS Wage Subsidy Scheme provides financial incentives to employers, outside the public sector, to employ disabled people who work more than 20 hours per week.

A person actively seeking employment who has a hearing or speech impairment can apply for funding to have an interpreter present at job interviews

If you are blind or visually impaired and require assistance with job-related reading, you may be entitled to a grant to allow you to employ a personal reader