Mr. Leo Kavanagh:

In regard to one remark Deputy Feighan made, I agree with him 100%. Local authorities must be obliged to meet disabled persons' organisations, but the only way they will do that is if the UNCRPD is fully ratified by the State, and that includes the optional protocol. This can must no longer be kicked down the road. It has to be ratified, really and truly, by the end of this year. There is no reason it should not be. It is farcical what has been going on, but this farce has to stop.