Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion
Dr. Aideen Hartney:
Again, the legislation sits with various different Departments so they would be better placed to answer on progress on that. The latest we have heard on the mental health legislation is that it is reasonably well advanced whereas more remains to be done around the protection of liberty side. On the review of the Equality Act, all the submissions and consultation have been concluded. It remains for the Department to develop a report with some recommendations. It is a similar case with the EPSEN Act. I hope we will be hearing updates in the coming months but the timeline will sit with the Departments in question.
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