Ms Sin?ad Gibney:

I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for his questions. On legislative reform, I do not have examples to hand of best practice but I am happy to ask my team to follow up with some examples and with the key areas of legislation, although I do not think it will be news to anyone around where we need to see change. I encourage a strong analysis of the CRPD to understand how that legislation and policy change happens.

The broader legislative process is what we are trying to talk about when we talk about participation and consultation. There need to be effective ways in which people can take part in the development of legislation as the rights holders most impacted by it. We also need less protracted delays in the development of key legislation. We are all familiar with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act and various Acts in this space which have been too long in development. It is not just about the specific legislation but how it is progressed through the Houses.

I had something else which has gone out of my head now so, apologies, I will leave it at that.