Mr. John Dolan:

The idea that Mr. Delaney was mooting about comhairle na míchumasach is brilliant and needs to be promoted. In parallel with that, I am struck by the fact, and we should not forget, that these committees are part of the Oireachtas and they also form a way in which people can come and be active. They are more immediate and there are many opportunities, and we should certainly push that.

I am not going to reiterate in detail what some of the members have said, other than to refer to the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. Ms Costello mentioned actions 29 and 77 in her opening statement. Action 29 states, "We will progress the accessibility of voting and voter information, building on learning from National Disability Authority research and from experience and best practice." This was committed to in July 2017, a long time ago. Action 77 states, "We will fully support persons with disability in the achievement of active citizenship and engagement." The committee had a hearing with the DSG just over a year ago. We are going over the same ground again. Mr. Delaney has a list and I was noting with him some of the Kilkenny-related issues I raised when Deputy Phelan was a Minister of State. The same ones are still on the list.

Without being cheeky about it, it is back to the committee members. They are in the Oireachtas. It is the job of those of them who are Deputies to hold the Government to account. It ratified the convention in 2018. The most galling aspect of the inclusion strategy is that the timeline given for those two actions was described as "ongoing". Let us think about that for a moment. The plan runs to the end of 2021, so what does "ongoing" mean? Does it mean we need not bother our bums until 2022? It is time to put some stick about and we need the support of our Oireachtas Members to do that. None of us will be found wanting in pushing that either.