Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion

Mr. Craig Kelly:

Yes. Thank you, Chairman. To return to your earlier question, we are not funded for this and we should be. We should be paid for the work we have been doing. We have been doing unpaid work experience for so long.

On the most recent question, the reason I want to set up a social enterprise is because people with disabilities have been doing unpaid work experience for years and it is time to change that. That is the whole idea of the Ability Board. We are now trained in Easy to Read and we are willing to work with public bodies in tourism and make it something that everybody in Ireland knows about.

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