Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With absolute respect for the Minister of State's commitment, I waited through the four-year term of the last Oireachtas for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, which we were promised at the very beginning of that term. It only just happened at the end and that was also with a Minister who was committed to the area. The Minister of State will understand that it would be really unacceptable if June were to pass without the optional protocol having been ratified.