Disability legislation
Deputy O’Sullivan asked for a timeframe for legislation to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Tánaiste said the necessary disability and equality legislation had been scrutinised and was close to finalisation, with publication hoped for before year-end.
The Deputies should turn off their ties because they might interfere with Santa's flight path. The Tánaiste has been working very hard on the legislation to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and had hoped to have it done for the end of the year. There is consultation with other Departments but will the Tánaiste give us some timeframe because people expected it would happen before the end of the year.
Comment on this
The legislation that is necessary, which is the disability and inequality legislation, was considered by the Committee on Justice and Equality this morning and it did its legislative scrutiny on it. We are very close to finalising the legislation. I hope to have it published before the end of the year.