Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion
Ms Nuala Ward:
We feel very strongly that it is about a rights-based approach and a full implementation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations to Ireland, which covers all the areas on mental health. It particularly notes that young Travellers are an especially vulnerable group in relation to mental health and it has made a recommendation to the State in that regard. There are enough action plans and there is enough strategy; it is now about accountability and transparency. That is why we are very clear that is a direction we must move into.
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