Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to raise a further question. I apologise for raising the issue of the local authorities once more. Under the Disability Act 2005, a local authority that does not have an access officer is in breach of legislation. I know of a local authority that has posted on its website that it is pleased to advise that it has two access officers. I have spent eight weeks trying to find out the names of those access officers. I am sorry for coming back to the same question. What can we do to get local authorities involved? On the one hand, they are obliged by legislation to have access officers, who are supposed to look after the whole issue of people with disabilities. On the other hand, we cannot seem to get any answers. I do not suggest that all local authorities are like this, but I know of a local authority that is like this. What can we do to highlight this issue while at the same time forcing people to comply with legislation?

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