Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Tully and I thank all of our guests for their contribution to the question. Deputy Tully also touched briefly on the point that there is this constant attitude about charity. It is human rights, human dignity and each person having his or her rights on an equal footing. It is very important that the rights basis is moved away from this attitude to charity within society, which I believe was alluded to, not just here but throughout the world. I thank our guests sincerely for their contribution. I ask them to keep engaging with us as a committee because we are as strong as the information they constantly give us, together with the criticism or otherwise which we deserve, because we are here and are committed to improving society for everybody, particularly for people with disabilities. I thank them for their participation.

We will now suspend the committee's proceedings for a few minutes to allow our second question to be asked.