Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will follow up with regard to disability. It makes absolute sense to use the definition in the UNCRPD. It reads a lot better and is straightforward. When we talk about disability, it is the cradle to the grave. It is everything from State services to where school meets employment or sometimes does not. Everyone has stated that reasonable accommodation is how we all operate within society. The question is how reasonable it is. Could the witnesses provide some specifics on this as regards what the legislation says and what it should look like?

Never mind what the legislation states, there is an issue with how user-friendly the State interfaces are. We are probably not going to fix that. We know there have been attempts at providing a checklist for web interfaces and so on that State services need across the board to make sure they are available but I am not sure we are anywhere near to where that has to be. Sometimes this does not necessarily need to be dealt with under equality legislation.

I add to the words of Deputy Kerrane. Mr. Holohan stated it explicitly. The only good point I can see about the interaction of his wife was that the State on some level had an interaction with him. It obviously should have been a lot better because it should always be about supports that people may need. How does he think it should have happened? It is a matter of how people perceive we will ensure that protection with regard to socioeconomic disadvantage within legislation. I will start with the Disability Federation of Ireland.