Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024
9:30 am
Ms Fiona Larthwell:
I take the Deputy's point. Our focus will always be on the older persons side because that is under the remit of the Department of Health while disability is under the remit of the other Department but we have been working with it extensively in the development of this Bill. The provisions that involve the Minister directly involve the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as well. In the health sector, we are also conscious of our own responsibilities under the UNCRPD. We do not differentiate particularly in the Bill in terms of the two sectors so I am not-----
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