Mr. Robbie Sinnott:

To respond to Mr. Kerr's proposal regarding section 39 organisations, it is clear from paragraph 13 of general comment No. 7 of the UNCRPD that service providers cannot be DPOs because of the possibility of a conflict of interest. That would be the case even if 100% of the members of a service provider were disabled. I remind the committee that there is also a difference between clients, service users and members. Even if 100% of board members or trustees were disabled, if the organisation concerned is a service provider, it cannot be a DPO according to the UNCRPD.