Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Maybe we are sad, but that is the way we rock. Voting is amazing. Whether people are rich or poor, it is one person, one vote and who they vote for is between a person and their maker. It is just amazing and it is a pity that a lot of people with disabilities feel they cannot vote if they want to. Again, choice is a huge thing. I welcome anything that would help a person with a disability to vote if they wish to do so and to participate in public life if they wish to do so.

Well done to the witnesses for the work done thus far.

In respect of the female gender quota, has the Electoral Commission ever considered something like that? This could give especially parties an incentive to run people who want to run and who have a disability. There are many people in the country with a disability and it would be great if a person with a disability ran. Has an incentive to encourage people with a disability to run ever come up?