Mr. Niall Brunell:

We have had ongoing conversations with our counterparts in Malta and there has been a very good exchange of information going two ways. There are some areas around the UNCRPD where we are a little bit ahead of Malta and some areas where it is a little bit ahead of us so there is an opportunity there to share learning. Autism is one of those areas. We have had discussions focusing on how Malta addressed the issue of identifying and addressing bespoke needs while not duplicating labour or creating that hierarchy of disability supports. That has been quite useful. We have also had some discussions around the content of its strategy, how it handled consultations and how to access persons who might have complex needs or who might not be caught in the normal consultation process. We have had good progress on that in our own consultation and have produced easy-to-read documents on it but we will reflect on that for the final consultation process. That is ongoing. We have arranged future meetings and Malta has some questions for us in other areas of UNCRPD compliance. Maltese officials want to talk to us about assisted decision-making, for example. There is a good two-way flow of communication there and that will continue.