Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a great untapped resource for the Irish economy of which we are not availing. We are nearly at full employment but there is a whole section of society where levels of unemployment are too high. The objective should be to get incentives and awareness in the private sector up to the levels in the public sector.

The Minister said the Disability Bill 2016 had gone through Second Stage in the Dáil but it has still not come to Committee Stage. Why is that and why has it not been prioritised? When will the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 be commenced?