Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Section 3 removes the reference to section 41 of the Electoral Acts to "unsound mind" in respect of a person standing for election to the Dáil or Seanad. This is obviously welcome. The UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities has urged that all stages of an election should be made fully accessible, including the political campaigns around them. Our amendment, as proposed by Inclusion Ireland, will guarantee an equal right for people with disabilities to participate in political and public life.