Mr. Ciarán Finlay:

I am happy to jump in. One of the things we pointed to in our statement is adherence to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We signed up to the UNCRPD in 2018. We were one of the last EU states to do so. There are provisions within the convention relating to reasonable accommodation. The standard provided for within the convention is the standard of disproportionate burden. One of the reasons we advocate for the disproportionate burden standard is to align with the convention.

The European Accessibility Act has recently been introduced. It came into force over the weekend. The standard provided within that is disproportionate burden as well. The changes proposed within the general scheme only relate to public bodies and certain commercial bodies. That includes insurance providers and some others. Other providers of goods and services will still retain the nominal cost threshold as per the general scheme.