Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am quite concerned about this one. The Minister obviously knows that we have finally ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, under which we are required to set up an advisory group on people with disabilities to work with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to monitor that. Monitoring implementation will require resourcing and funding, which do not seem to be ring-fenced anywhere. There is no way that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission can do it on its own. We need to set up this committee and it needs to be given teeth. If there is extra funding for that, I cannot see it. Where is it reflected?