Disability rights convention Bill
Deputy Joe Carey asked when legislation underpinning ratification of the UN disability convention would come forward. The Taoiseach said a roadmap of four Bills would be implemented before ratification.
I want to inquire about the disability-equality (miscellaneous provisions) Bill which will allow for our ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. What is the status of the Bill and when can we expect it to come before the House?
Comment on this
The commitment here is to ratify the convention but the way it will be dealt with is to implement the necessary pieces of legislation first. Other countries have signed the convention and do the legislation retrospectively. We set out a roadmap of four Bills - I will give the Deputy details later on - to be implemented first before the country signs the UN convention.