Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

2:00 am

Dr. Aideen Hartney:

If it is okay, I will make two main points and then hand over to Mr. Finlay to speak about reasonable accommodation.

The first point to which I draw attention is the absence of civil legal aid. I do so in the context of some of the socioeconomic circumstances that have already been talked about today. Disabled people are at greater risk of poverty than their non-disabled counterparts and they experience poverty at a much higher level.

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