Disability, Work and Inclusion in Ireland

Acronyms and abbreviations

AHEAD	Association for Higher Education Access and Disability
ALMP	Active labour market policy
CEP	Conseil Évolution Professionnelle
CES	Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
CRPD	Commission for the Rights of Persons with disabilities
CSO	Central Statistics Office of Ireland
DA	Disability Allowance
DCA	Domiciliary Care Allowance
DEASP	Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
DES	Department of Education and Skills (now Department of Education)
DSP	Department of Social Protection
EARN	Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability
EDI	Employer Disability Information Service
ESENER	European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks
ESF	European Social Fund
ETB	Education and Training Boards
EU-LFS	European Union Labour Force Survey
EU-SILC	European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
EU	European Union
EWCS	European Working Conditions Survey
EWSS	Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme
FET	Further Education and Training
FETCI	Further Education and Training Colleges Ireland
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
HPWI	High-Performance Working Initiative
HPWP	High Performance Work Practices
HR	Human Resource
IB	Illness Benefit
Ibec	Irish Business and Employer Confederation
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
ILO	International Labour Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IP	Invalidity Pension
IPS	Individual Placement and Support
IT	Information Technology
KAM	Key Account Manager
LAFOS	Labour Force Service Centres in Finland
LES	Local Employment Service
MBDF	Malta Business Disability Forum
NAV	Labour and Welfare Service in Norway
NCSE	National Council for Special Education
NDA	National Disability Authority
NEET	Not in Education, Employment, or Training
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NLN	National Learning Network
ODEP	Office of Disability Employment Policy
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
OOD	Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
OSH	Occupational Health and Safety
PCB	Partial Capacity Benefit
PEER	Providing Equal Employment Routes
PES	Public Employment Service
PEX	Probability of Exit score
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
SHWW	Safety Health and Welfare at work Act
SME	Small and Medium Enterprise
SOLAS	Irish adult training funding authority
SPR	Social Policy Research Associates
TTTI	Testing, Tracking, Tracing and Isolating
UN	United Nations
UNCRPD	United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
ULR	Union Learning Representatives
YESS	Youth Employment Support Scheme
WAM	The Willing Able Mentoring Programme