Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed)
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We talk about the lead Department but the Department of Social Protection is the lead when it comes to social protection; the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the lead when it comes to agriculture; the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is the lead when it comes to enterprise; and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is the lead when it comes to housing. We hear this type of fobbing off constantly - "it is the lead Department". We are all the lead. We all have the responsibility. We signed up. Every Department signed up and all of them have a responsibility to review their own stuff and not fob it off to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
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