Mr. Joe McGrath:

You have to have your mental health under the rights-based approach, because if you are able to work you will not have any problems securing a job, if your mind is working properly. For those who have those issues, they need help so they can get back and contribute to society because they have talents to offer their communities and society as a whole. If everyone else in the able-bodied community can go out and get a job, there are organisations like Enable Ireland and EmployAbility Clare out there to help people; they help not just people with disabilities but people with other difficulties as well. There are organisations out there that can help people to get jobs and get things working right for them and their mental health. It is very important that all of the Departments involved in this legislation and the UNCRPD start talking to each other or European authorities will start fining the Government for not implementing provisions of the capacity legislation. I have been a co-trainer on that capacity legislation for nearly four years now. I am disappointed that very little has moved on since I did it and it is only now that it has gone through the Seanad. We are still debating about people with disabilities. At the end of the day, the Government needs to be more proactive. If something needs fixing it should be fixed. If it is working well, it can be left alone.