Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

We set up this framework to try to ensure that people would have their rights but, without resourcing it, there will be continual problems. When dealing with courts, legal processes and whatever, there have to be checks and balance and we need due diligence and to make sure that everything is expedited, but there will always be particular issues. In relation to what we are dealing with here, I am assuming that from beginning to end there will be a resource issue and they are dealing with log-jammed courts. Is that impacting, first of all, on those who need to be-----

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