The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is moving to improve employment opportunities for the disabled through a number of measures, including the implementation of a registry, hotline and legislation.

State Minister, Andrew Gallimore, said the aim of the registry is to have a record of qualified persons within the disabled community, while the hotline is geared at facilitating the concerns of disabled persons.

"We are going to be setting up a registry of disabled persons [so that] persons, who have prepared themselves well to make a contribution can be given a job, and a hotline that any concerned citizen or family member can call," he explained.

He stated that one of his main concerns for the disabled community is that they are not being employed although they are trained. "What is concerning me is that when persons are trained in different areas, they are not being absorbed into the job market. When we look at persons, who have disabilities, they have a tremendous contribution that they can make to the growth and development of the country. What we need to do is to get them acting in the workforce as much as is possible," he said.