Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion

Ms Renee Dempsey-Clifford:

-----and in the consultation and highly visible and apparent engagement. That formula has not yet been satisfactorily found, as far as I have observed. It is a work in progress. Most people are of good will and good heart in this endeavour but, like everything else, when we have as large a community as there is in the area of disability, the difficulty lies in finding the formula that meets a consensus, such that everyone accepts it is more or less the right shape and the right way in which DPOs, individuals and other stakeholders are all represented. I say this because it is not possible to say that a parent of a child should have less of a voice than a DPO, in some ways, but DPOs are given prioritisation because they are a conglomerate voice in the context of the convention. My observed consideration and view, therefore, at this point is that this is a work in progress. It will, potentially, be some time before this formula is found that will be broadly acceptable, allowing for the fact that there will always be individuals who will not agree. I hope that is helpful to the Deputy.

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