Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: Discussion

Mr. Colm ? Conaill:

I thank the Deputy for his kind words there. I was the head of corporate and health when we worked with him during very interesting times in the pandemic. I thank him very much and we appreciate the warm words.

The two questions he asked for our Department are actually interlinked. The awareness-raising in relation to changing attitudes and removing barriers is part of a move from a medical model to a more human rights-based approach. I will ask Mr. Brunell to talk about the awareness-raising campaign which is on his side of the house, but first, maybe Ms Fitzgerald could talk a bit more about and elaborate on the further move we want to see from the medical model to a human rights-based approach.

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