Case Studies on Employment of People with Disabilities in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Ireland

This report is intended to contribute to an overall understanding of the factors influencing decision-making around recruitment of people with disabilities in the environment for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This report is based on the results of case studies carried out in four Irish SMEs. Studies for this project were conducted in six Member States. National research teams were given the opportunity to conduct the case-study research in accordance with their own views and experience and following their own approach and methodologies, the aim being to take into account the particular context of the country and each enterprise. They considered the process by which an employer identifies a need to employ someone, a person with a disability seeks employment, and a contractual relationship is established and maintained.